Bridging East and West
Rabindranath Tagore and Romain Rolland Correspondence (1919-1940)
Prof. Chinmoy Guha
"Bridging East and West" is a captivating book that unveils the inter-cultural correspondence between two renowned Nobel laureates of the twentieth century, Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore and French novelist Romain Rolland. For the first time in English, their letters and telegrams trace the intellectual and profound friendship between the two cultural icons, shedding light on their disparities in opinion on issues like Gandhi and Fascism. Edited and annotated by one of India's foremost French scholars, it is a quest for an alternative discourse that takes readers on a journey towards the imaging of a different world outside cultural hegemony.
Publish Date
2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
5
ISBN
9780199489046
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2019-06-23T06:49:10.000Z
These quotes are from a fascinating book on the friendship between Tagore and the French/European writer Romain Rolland, edited by Chinmoy Guha (no relation of mine!): – source