Post Office (English, Paperback, Tagore Rabindranath)

The Post Office is a play written by the Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore.

Summary of the Book

The Post Office is the story of a young boy called Amal, who is confined to his adopted uncle’s house due to an incurable illness. Yet, he experiences a journey of a deep spiritual awareness, which helps him be happier than ever. Originally written in Bengali, W. B. Yeats was the first person to have produced an English version of the play. Witness yet another masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of all times, as The Post Office is applauded to contain the intricate themes of human life that are universal.

About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, writer, and philosopher. His writings are considered the epitome of Bengali literature and several of his short stories and novels have been translated into many languages and have subsequently been adapted into hit movies. He is best remembered for: Gora, Kabuliwala, The Home and the World, and Chokher Bali. He was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, largely for the English translation of the Gitanjali. He was also conferred a knighthood by the British Empire which he renounced to protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.