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Cautionary Tales contains selected stories by Rabindranath Tagore, translated from Bengali, spanning fifty years of the Nobel laureate's contributions to the short story genre. The first section (Professions) gathers nine stories, including "Postmaster," one of the three Tagore tales in Satyajit Ray's film "Teen Kanya." The second section (Marriage and Other Tribulations) includes four additional stories and "The Fouled Nest" (Nastanir), the novella that inspired one of Ray's finest films, "Charulata."
Carolyn B Brown
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Carolyn B. Brown has published translations of Bengali poetry and short stories in a number of journals. Her book-length publicationsinclude translations of poems by Amiya Chakravarty ('Another Shore') and Mohammad Rafiq (This Path). She currently lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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