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A review by misspalah
Selected Short Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
4.0
All night there was no cessation of the storm or of the passionate cry. I wandered from room to room in the dark with unavailing sorrow. Whom could i console when no one was by? Whose was this intense agony of sorrow? Whence arose this inconsolable grief?
- Rabindranath Tagore, The hungry stones.
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This is the third book that i have read written by Tagore. The first one is Kabir and followed by The Religion of Man. Honestly, i should have just reviewed this book with Tagore is Tagore. I am pretty sure his fans would understand me. However, i figure maybe i need to summarize a little bit just in case those who have never read his book will likely to put this in their TBR after reading this post. His talent in describing his characters in each story demonstrated how connected those protagonists are with the culture and values. Although some stories are a bit simple, befitting the time when Tagore wrote it, but it did carry an immense emotion. Some may not be comfortable with the narration of his stories but you get used to it after 2 or 3 stories. With Tagore stories, you shouldn’t expect things will be going as you predict it, as he loves to end his stories with sorrowful tones. Either death, regret, pain or altogether in one, it did leave you a little bit depress after finishing it. As this was a translated book, i am pretty sure some might lost in translation and there’s nothing i can do about it because english can never measure up to the real beauty of the original language. Be it Bengali, Arabic, Malay, Korean, the gap will always be there. Overall, a highly recommended book. If you have never read Tagore, then this shall be the one. It is a quick reading and undoubtedly , worth your time. If i can ranked all 11 stories from the book and choose my favourite, then the top 5 will be :
1. The Cabuliwallah
2. The son of Rashmani
3. The postmaster
4. Subha
5. The homecoming
- Rabindranath Tagore, The hungry stones.
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This is the third book that i have read written by Tagore. The first one is Kabir and followed by The Religion of Man. Honestly, i should have just reviewed this book with Tagore is Tagore. I am pretty sure his fans would understand me. However, i figure maybe i need to summarize a little bit just in case those who have never read his book will likely to put this in their TBR after reading this post. His talent in describing his characters in each story demonstrated how connected those protagonists are with the culture and values. Although some stories are a bit simple, befitting the time when Tagore wrote it, but it did carry an immense emotion. Some may not be comfortable with the narration of his stories but you get used to it after 2 or 3 stories. With Tagore stories, you shouldn’t expect things will be going as you predict it, as he loves to end his stories with sorrowful tones. Either death, regret, pain or altogether in one, it did leave you a little bit depress after finishing it. As this was a translated book, i am pretty sure some might lost in translation and there’s nothing i can do about it because english can never measure up to the real beauty of the original language. Be it Bengali, Arabic, Malay, Korean, the gap will always be there. Overall, a highly recommended book. If you have never read Tagore, then this shall be the one. It is a quick reading and undoubtedly , worth your time. If i can ranked all 11 stories from the book and choose my favourite, then the top 5 will be :
1. The Cabuliwallah
2. The son of Rashmani
3. The postmaster
4. Subha
5. The homecoming