The Home and the World
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · November 26, 2012
Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening.
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- Who it’s for
- A sustained, intimate read where a marriage’s pressures echo a nation’s political turmoil.
- Genres
- Indian Fiction, 20th-Century Historical Fiction, Political Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, November 26, 2012
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Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India itself, and the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947.
Home and Upheaval
A sustained, intimate read where a marriage’s pressures echo a nation’s political turmoil.
Come here for
- A love story caught between private duty and political conviction
- The intimate tensions of home set against India’s political awakening
Expect
- Romance and political awakening held in uneasy balance
- A tragic outcome that points toward later unrest
Where it sits
| Indian Fiction | 89% |
|---|---|
| Political Fiction | 60% |
| 20th-Century Historical Fiction | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Historical Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Authors
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- November 26, 2012
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics