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The Home and the World

Name: The Home and the World
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
ISBN: 9780140449860

by Rabindranath Tagore, Sourindro Mohun Tagore, William Radice (Editor), Surendranath Tagore (Translator), Surendranath Tagore

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Overview

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

Synopsis

The sky which gives light is blue and my mother's face was dark but she had the radiance of holiness and her beauty would put to shame all the vanity of the beautiful.

About the Author, Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (7th May 1861-7th August 1941), the writer and a Nobel laureate poet was the ambassador of Indian culture to the rest of the world. He is probably the most prominent figure in the cultural world of Indian subcontinent and the first Asian person to be awarded with the Nobel in 1913. Even though he is mainly known as a poet, his multifaceted talent showered upon different branches of art-novels, short stories, dramas, articles, essays, painting, etc. He was a social reformer, patriot and above all, a great humanitarian and philosopher.