{"product_id":"the-home-coming-by-rabindranath-tagore-9781037403439","title":"The Home-Coming","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix stories which showcase Tagore's breathtaking range, his humanity and his empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Hungry Stones\u003c\/em\u003e, a traveller is seduced by supernatural visions in a haunted palace, while \u003cem\u003eThe Skeleton\u003c\/em\u003e gives voice to the dead in a tale of hidden passion. Tagore's humanity shines through in \u003cem\u003eThe Cabuliwallah\u003c\/em\u003e, a moving account of an unlikely friendship between a peddler and a young girl, and \u003cem\u003eThe Home-Coming\u003c\/em\u003e offers a poignant study of a boy's longing for love. \u003cem\u003eThe Postmaster\u003c\/em\u003e explores a rural orphan's quiet devotion, while \u003cem\u003eMashi\u003c\/em\u003e depicts an aunt's desperate attempts to shield her nephew from the reality of his failing marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough his stories with their recurring themes of love and heartbreak, Tagore captures both the lives of ordinary people and the common experiences of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis series of pocket-sized paperbacks celebrates the art of the short story and marks Macmillan Collector's Library's 10th anniversary. Each contains a curated selection of short stories from a literary giant: Katherine Mansfield, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen, James, Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Alice Dunbar Nelson, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Rabindranath Tagore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67598839087340,"sku":"9781037403439","price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781037403439-the-home-coming-1.jpg?v=1790724952","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-home-coming-by-rabindranath-tagore-9781037403439","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}