Selected Short Stories (Rabindranath Tagore) Summary
Rabindranath Tagore

Selected Short Stories (Rabindranath Tagore) Overview

In the Selected Short Stories of Rabindranath Tagore, an unlikely relationship forms between a writer and a peddler; a postmaster uses his employee to alleviate his loneliness; a servant accidentally loses his master's son; and a young girl is alienated from her village because she cannot speak. No matter the narrative parameters, in all of his stories, Tagore centralizes interpersonal relationships. Doing so allows him to explore the ways in which class, loneliness, and language may either strengthen or threaten human connections.