{"product_id":"book-i56g","title":"Rabindranath Tagore: A BBC Radio Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive anthology of dramatisations and readings of Tagore's finest works, plus bonus documentaries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. A novelist, poet, playwright, composer, artist and philosopher, he wrote both the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems; exchanged ideas with Yeats, Einstein and Gandhi, and was hugely influential in promoting Indian culture to the West. This collection includes some of Tagore's key novels, plays and short stories, as well as his best-known poem and four fascinating biographical programmes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe begin with two adaptations by award-winning dramatist Tanika Gupta. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Home and the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, starring \u003cb\u003eIndira Varma\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSacha Dhawan\u003c\/b\u003e, relocates Tagore's classic 1916 novel of love, power and political awakening to a contemporary British Muslim setting. Often acclaimed as Tagore's best play, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Red Oleander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e stars \u003cb\u003eSaeed Jaffrey\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAileen Gonsalves\u003c\/b\u003e, and tells the story of a beautiful girl who comes to a gold mining community and foments a revolution against its tyrannical king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext up is a dramatisation of the novelette \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarewell, My Friend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a romantic, delightful tale of two young lovers starring \u003cb\u003eSam Dastor\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eShireen Shah\u003c\/b\u003e. It is followed by three short stories: \u003cb\u003e'The Postmaster'\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e'The Kabuliwalah'\u003c\/b\u003e, read by \u003cb\u003eRonny Jhutti\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003e'Wealth Surrendered'\u003c\/b\u003e, read by \u003cb\u003eRenu Setna\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTagore bared his musical soul in the poem 'Broken Song', read here by \u003cb\u003ePeter Barker\u003c\/b\u003e, and in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCenturions: Rabindranath Tagore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, poet William Radice and theatre director Jatinder Verma explain why it ranks as one of the 100 greatest art works of the 20th Century. Tanika Gupta joins presenter Matthew Parris and translator Ketaki Kushari Dyson to share her love of Tagore's writing in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Lives: Tanika Gupta on Rabindranath Tagore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, and Zia Mohyeddin reads a selection of his epistolary observations on English society and customs in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters from Europe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. Concluding the collection, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRabindranath Tagore: The Bard of Bengal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores the life and legacy of South Asia's Shakespeare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published 1891 ('The Postmaster'), 1891-2 ('Wealth Surrendered'\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e, 1892 ('The Kabuliwalah'), 1910 \u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003e'Broken Song'), 1916 (\u003ci\u003eThe Home and the World)\u003c\/i\u003e, 1925 \u003ci\u003e(The Red Oleander)\u003c\/i\u003e, 1929\u003ci\u003e (Farewell, My Friend)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eContents\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Home and the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Red Oleander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarewell, My Friend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Postmaster'\u003cbr\u003e'The Kabuliwalah'\u003cbr\u003e'Wealth Surrendered'\u003cbr\u003e'Broken Song'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCenturions: Rabindranath Tagore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Lives: Tanika Gupta on Rabindranath Tagore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters from Europe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRabindranath Tagore: The Bard of Bengal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49353421685040,"sku":"BDi56g","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i56g-Square-cover.jpg?v=1769769170","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i56g","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}