000			01766pam a2200205a 44500
008			160408b2010 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780198068884.
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a891.433 _bT129tE
100			_aTagore, Rabindra Nath.
245	0		_aThree novellas _bNashtnir, Dui Bon, Malancha _cRabindra Nath Tagore
260			_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c2010
300			_axxxvii, 165p
520			_a Unconventional relationships-a married woman in love with a younger brother-in-law; a love triangle between a man, his wife, and his sister-in-law; an intimate affair between a married man and a distant cousin-are the subject of Rabindranath Tagore's three novellas Nashtanir (The Broken Home), Dui Bon (Two Sisters), and Malancha (The Garden and the Gardener). In these three novellas-written between 1901 and 1933-Tagore focuses on the subtle nuances of unsanctioned relationships, exploring feelings of loneliness and worthlessness in middle-class housewives in colonial Bengal. They display Tagore's remarkable understanding of a woman's psyche, with all three works underlining the incompatibility between husbands and wives, and how the ensuing void lead to forbidden relationships. In Charulata, Sharmila, and Neeraja-the three strong yet vulnerable heroines-Tagore presents emerging 'new women', with thoughts and desires of their own. While Sukhendu Ray's new translations retain the cultural and linguistic ambience of the original, Bharati Ray's Introduction places these works in the social context of early-twentieth-century Bengal.
650			_aTagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941
650			_aNovel -- English literature
700			_aRay, Sukhendu [tr.].
942			_cBK
999			_c367883 _d367883