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THE BROKEN NEST

RABINDRANATH. TAGORE

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Publisher:
PENGUIN CLASSICS
Year of publication:
2025
Subject:
Classic fiction
ISBN:
978-0-241-75212-8
Pages:
128
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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 lost.

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