The Land of Cards  -  Stories, Poems and Plays for Children

The Land of Cards - Stories, Poems and Plays for Children

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Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Foreword/Introduction: Mahasweta Devi
Publisher: Penguin/Puffin
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 252
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9780143330141

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Poet, novelist, painter, musician and Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore was one of modern India’s greatest literary figures. This collection brings together some of his best works—poems, short stories and plays in one volume.

Be it the wit, magic and lyricism of his poetry or the vividly etched social milieu of his stories, or the sheer power and vibrancy of his plays, Tagore’s versatility and unceasing creativity come alive in these writings.

The title play ‘The Land of Cards’ is a satire against the bondage of orthodox rules, while in ‘The Post Office’, a child suffocated by his confined existence dreams of freedom in the world outside.

From a son’s cherished desire to protect his mother in the poem ‘Hero’ to a fruit-seller longing for his daughter faraway in the story ‘Kabuliwala’, Tagore’s works convey his humanism and his deep understanding of human relationships.