The Home and the World

De: Rabindranath Tagore

Narrado por: Deepti Gupta

Audie-nominated narrator Deepti Gupta shares a classic love story set among the fires of India's struggle for independence. Bimala is torn between her commitment to her husband, Nikhil, who holds Western beliefs, and the radical Sandip, a leader of the Swadeshi movement under the British Raj. Bimala finds herself asking what freedom truly means for herself and for her country.

Author, poet, and Nobel laureate Sir Rabindranath Tagore sets the story on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908. It is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. Bimala's attempts to resolve the irreconcilable - pressures of home and the world - reflect the conflict in India itself. The tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947.

Public Domain (P)2020 Spoken Realms

Struggling to find her place

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WELL WORTH

This is an interesting story, unlike I have listened to in a long time.
The style of writing is poetic, flowing.
I did not expect otherwise from mr. Rabindranath Tagore.
The narrator, Deepti Gupta, did an excellent job. Her accent so fits the reading of this book.
That said, I think it is better to read the book, instead of an audio book, there is too much to be absorbed.
My thanks to all involved in making this book available to us, JK.