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The Hungry Stones and Other Stories (Hardcover)
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The Hungry Stones and Other Stories (Hardcover)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R267
Discovery Miles 2 670
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The Hungry Stones and Other Stories (1916) is a collection of short
stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Published following his ascension
to international fame with the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature, the
collection contains some of Tagore's most celebrated works of
fiction. "Before a week had passed, the place began to exert a
weird fascination upon me. It is difficult to describe or to induce
people to believe; but I felt as if the whole house was like a
living organism slowly and imperceptibly digesting me by the action
of some stupefying gastric juice." In the title story of the
collection, a tax collector moves to a deserted palace on the
outskirts of a small town. Devoting himself to his daily work, he
returns home at night to sleep and spends as little time as
possible indoors. Rumored to be haunted, the palace was built
during the height of the Mughal Empire and was once a symbol of
fortune for all those who entered its gate or passed it by along
the road. For Srijut, however, it is a source of terror and unease,
a living entity filled with restless spirits who all seem to vie
for his soul. Elsewhere in the collection, Tagore explores the
lives of rich and poor, giving voice to struggling writers,
suffering wives, and young servants alike with an ease and
familiarity possessed by the purest of storytellers. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Rabindranath Tagore's The Hungry Stones and Other
Stories is a classic of Indian literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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