Selected Short Stories Collins Classics — Rabindranath Tagore

In 1913 Rabindranath Tagore became the first non European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and he remains one of the most important voices of Bengali culture to this day These short stories written mostly in the 1890s vividly portray Bengali life and culture Tagore s treatment of caste culture bureaucracy and poverty paint a vivid portrait of nineteenth century India and all are interwoven with Tagore s perceptive eye for detail strong sense of humanity and deep affinity for the natural world Tagore s stories continue to rise above geographic and cultural boundaries to capture the imaginations of readers around the world

In 1913 Rabindranath Tagore became the first non European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and he remains one of the most important voices of Bengali culture to this day These short stories written mostly in the 1890s vividly portray Bengali life and culture Tagore s treatment of caste culture bureaucracy and poverty paint a vivid portrait of nineteenth century India and all are interwoven with Tagore s perceptive eye for detail strong sense of humanity and deep affinity for the natural world Tagore s stories continue to rise above geographic and cultural boundaries to capture the imaginations of readers around the world