Gora II : Romaani by Rabindranath Tagore
"Gora II: Romaani" by Rabindranath Tagore is a novel set in 1880s Calcutta during the British Raj. The story follows Gora, a staunch Hindu Brahmin, and his best friend Binoy as they navigate two parallel love stories against a backdrop of religious conflict between Brahmo Samaj and Hinduism. Through philosophical debates on caste, colonialism, and tradition versus modernity, the narrative builds toward a revelation that shatters Gora's identity and forces him to
reconsider everything he believed about religion and belonging. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 |
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| Translator | Hollo, J. A. (Juho Aukusti), 1885-1967 |
| Title | Gora II : Romaani |
| Original Publication | Finland: Otava, 1925. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gora_(novel) |
| Credits | Anna Siren and Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 40.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | India -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bengali fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Subject | Hinduism and social problems -- Fiction |
| Subject | Social integration -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Fiction |
| Subject | West Bengal (India) -- History -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 70177 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 327 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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