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OverviewWhat terrible jest is fate engaged in? I meet Kamala and Nalinaksha meets Hemnalini this is like a novel and that too, a badly-written one. Such contradictory matchmaking is possible only for an uncaring writer like destiny it conjures up events that the timid novelist dare not write in his imagined stories. After a boat wreck overturns his life, Ramesh Chandra Chowdhury mistakes young Kamala for his newly wedded bride. The y move away from Calcutta to start a domestic life together, even as Ramesh is unable to forget Hemnalini, whom he was always in love with, but could not marry. Meanwhile, Hemnalini must steel her heart, whilst her hypochondriac father and hot-headed brother seek grooms for her. When Nalinaksha, a serene and influential doctor, enters the scene, fate decides to rock the boats again. Initially serialized in Bangadarshan magazine between 1903 and 1904 and then published as a novel in 1906, Noukadoobi was Tagore's exercise in psychoanalytical probing of an ensemble cast of characters, to reveal not just their individual pains and passions, but also the collective consciousness of the society of the period. Narrated in warm tones that reveal the tenderness of everyday life and translated gracefully by Arunava Sinha, here is a story about love and sacrifice, faith and resilience that is timeless Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rabindrand ArunaanavthPublisher: HarperCollins India Imprint: HarperCollins India Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.00cm ISBN: 9789352773183ISBN 10: 9352773187 Pages: 308 Publication Date: 13 October 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRabindranath Tagore, India's most well-known poet and litterateur and arguably the finest Bengali poet ever, reshaped Bengali literature and music. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.Gulzar, an acclaimed film-maker, lyricist and author, he is the recipient of a number of Filmfare and National Awards, the Oscar for Best Lyricist and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |