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Jorasanko

by Aruna Chakravarti
RM55.46 MYR
RM49.91 MYR Thryft Club Member Price
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Tagore women's struggle captured delicately in Jorasanko

Recommendation: Jorasanko is a fascinating novel that portrays the complex relationships between the women of the Tagore household and their eminent male counterparts, offering insight into the Bengal and India of the time. Aruna Chakravarti has meticulously researched and recounted the glittering but challenging world inside the Tagore home, providing a sensitive portrayal of the hopes, fears, triumphs, and defeats experienced by the Tagore women. With its fascinating characters and intricate interpersonal relationships, this novel will raise questions about the role of women in society, making it an excellent read for anyone interested in exploring these issues.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Jorasanko

by Aruna Chakravarti
RM55.46 MYR
RM49.91 MYR Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9789350290873
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM100.37 MYR
Authors: Aruna Chakravarti
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date of Publication: 2013-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Romance, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: World War II, Historical Romance
Goodreads rating: 4.31
(rated by 430 readers)

Description

High politics, romance, tragedy and the little things that make up a family life in Jorasanko, Kolkata - the family home of the Tagores. Jorasanko was right at the hub of the Bengal Renaissance, with the family at the forefront of the movement, and its women playing a pivotal role.In a sprawling novel that spans a unique phase in the history of Bengal and India, Aruna Chakravarti provides a fascinating account of how the Tagore women influenced and were int urn influenced by their illustrious male counterparts, the times they lived in and the family they belonged to. She paints memorable portraits of women like Digambari, Dwarkanath's strong-willed wife who refuses to accept her husband's dalliance with alcohol and Western ways; Sarada Sundari, the obese, indolent but devoted wife of Debendranath, who is appalled to see the old world order slipping by; the indomitable Jogmaya, who takes on Debendranath and splits the Tagore family in two. There are also the young daughters and daughters-in-law. The tough, resourceful Jnanadanandini who gave the women of Bengal a new way of wearing the sari and initiated the concept of 'nuclear family'; Swarnakumari, universally acknowledged as a pioneer of women's writing in India; and Rabindranath's muse the gentle, melancholic Kadambari.Jorasanko mirrors the hopes and fears, triumphs and defeats that the women of the Tagore household experienced in their intricate interpersonal relationships, as well as the adjustments they were continually called upon to makw as daughters and daughters-in-law of one of the most eminent families of the land.
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Tagore women's struggle captured delicately in Jorasanko

Recommendation: Jorasanko is a fascinating novel that portrays the complex relationships between the women of the Tagore household and their eminent male counterparts, offering insight into the Bengal and India of the time. Aruna Chakravarti has meticulously researched and recounted the glittering but challenging world inside the Tagore home, providing a sensitive portrayal of the hopes, fears, triumphs, and defeats experienced by the Tagore women. With its fascinating characters and intricate interpersonal relationships, this novel will raise questions about the role of women in society, making it an excellent read for anyone interested in exploring these issues.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.