Chokher Bali
Rabindranath Tagore · 1861–1941 · India (Bengal)
Originally Chokher Bali (Bengali) · translated by Radha Chakravarty
Why it matters
A young widow's presence in a newly married couple's household stirs a repressed desire none of them can name. Tagore's sharpest novel of Bengali domestic convention, psychological interiority pointed like a blade at marriage itself.
At a glance
psychological novelromancefamily saga
Difficulty 5/10slow pace320 pagesDense psychological interiority and social critique unfold within an otherwise leisurely domestic plot.
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