Rabindranath Tagore

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Rabindranath Tagore was one of the greatest authors of his generation. In these two short stories - The Broken Nest and Dead or Alive - he is at his devastating best, charting the slow, then fast, implosion of two perfect Bengali households. No-one understands each other; everything is misconstrued; all is...

"Tagore's life reminds me to take a step back. The time he allowed himself to learn and dream was a commitment of years and decades." — Rupi Kaur Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is thought of as the most important poet of modern-day India. This literary giant's writings have inspired millions of readers for generations. The Heart of God is a beautiful...

The poems of Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) are among the most haunting and tender in Indian and world literature, expressing a profound and passionate human yearning. His ceaselessly inventive works deal with such subjects as the interplay between God and the world, the eternal and transient, and with the paradox of an endlessly changing universe that is in tune with unchanging...

Six stories which showcase Tagore's breathtaking range, his humanity and his empathy. In The Hungry Stones, a traveller is seduced by supernatural visions in a haunted palace, while The Skeleton gives voice to the dead in a tale of hidden passion. Tagore's humanity shines through in The Cabuliwallah, a moving account of an unlikely friendship between a peddler and a...