Cover of The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore Ebook The Post Office
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The Post Office

Author
Rabindranath Tagore
Language
English
Length
42 pages
ISBN
9781787363403
Published
17 January 2022
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Tagore
  • Love
  • Romance
  • Life
  • Epic
  • Poetry
  • Hinduism
  • Hindu
  • philosophy
  • manuscript

Description

This play is set in British India, and follows a family as they wait to retrieve their mail from the Post Office. The mother and father are particularly anxious to find out whether their oldest son has been successful in passing his matriculation examination because he is too young to work. The time spent waiting for the mail and discussing its contents at length gives us a glimpse into what life was like for Tagore, one of India’s most famous writers and intellectuals.

Author

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) wrote Gitanjali and made a world listen to Bengal. Poet, songwriter, playwright, and founder of Santiniketan, he was the first non-European Nobel laureate in literature. The English Gitanjali is a doorway; the Bengali work is a city. He composed songs that became national anthems and argued, politely and without pause, for a modern India that could still sing. Fourteen titles here.