Bimala has lived contentedly within the women’s quarters of her husband Nikhil’s Bengali estate until Sandip, a magnetic leader of the Swadeshi campaign against British goods, arrives. Told in turn by wife, husband and agitator, the novel follows her infatuation with Sandip and his cause, and Nikhil’s refusal to answer passion with force.
A searching novel of love and politics by the Nobel laureate, later filmed by Satyajit Ray. Download the free EPUB.