Three Novellas: Nashtanir, Dui Bon, Malancha

by Rabindranath Tagore, Sukhendu Ray, Bharati Ray, and University of Calcutta

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This volume includes three novellas by Rabindranath Tagore, who remains the greatest influence on Bengali language and literature today. The first novel, Nashtanir ('Broken Home'), was published in 1903; after a gap of three decades, Dui Bon ('Two Sisters') and Malancha ('The Garden and the Gardener') were published in 1933 and 1934 respectively.
In these three works, Tagore depicts the plight of Charulata, Urmimala, and Sarala by placing them in a new world where they are perceived as rational and desiring subjects constrained by domestic norms. Forbidden relationships mark the central narrative of Nashtanir, Dui Bon, and Malancha....Read more
  • ISBN10 0198068883
  • ISBN13 9780198068884
  • Publish Date December 2010
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country IN
  • Imprint OUP India
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Language English