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Of MyselfAtmaparichayRabindranath TagoreTranslated by Devadatta Joardar and Joe Winter
Categories: 20th Century, BAME, Bengali, Indian
Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (120 pages) (Pub. Jul 2006) 9780856463891 Out of Stock
Extract from his fiftieth birthday address The greatest thief in the world is the ego. He does not feel embarrassed to claim even what belongs to God Himself. This is why there are many elaborate procedures to suppress the rogue, keep him under. This is why Manu said: “Know that honour is as poison, insult is as nectar.” Wherever honour entices, it is better to shun all contact, as far as possible. 1911 Translated by Devadatta Joardar and Joe Winter In the great Bengali poet’s autobiographical writings we discover what his translators describe as ‘a heart of love, a mind at its service that can cut like a knife, and in some sense the spirit of a child.’ The six prose pieces, centering on the poet’s quest, were composed at landmark moments during the second half of his life and published posthumously. At each point he looks back on a long creative journey. Here in their first English translation, the essays offer an insight into the intellectual and spiritual world of a twentieth-century genius. |
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