{"product_id":"bridging-east-and-west","title":"Bridging East and West","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe amazing inter-cultural correspondence (1919-1940) between two cultural icons of the twentieth century, Nobel laureates from the East and the West: the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) and the French novelist, playwright, and biographer, Romain Rolland (1866-1944), has remained undiscovered for far too long.This work brings together, for the first time in English, these letters and telegrams that are among the finest exchanges of\n\u003cbr\u003ethought between the East and the West, and script the intellectual history of that period.  It is also the story of a profound friendship, where Tagore and Rolland unlock their hearts to each other.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe book also records the differences of opinion and misunderstandings between the two outstanding humanists of contemporary history, who often felt isolated in their own countries, on serious issues like Gandhi and Fascism. It comprises Rolland's  correspondence with the radical Saumyendranath Tagore, and the whole debate on the Tagore-Mussolini controversy. This majestic and serene correspondence, comprising 46  letters and telegrams, along with three dialogues between\n\u003cbr\u003ethe two at various times, as well as letters by Rathindranath Tagore and others, is a journey towards the imaging of a different world which would create the possibility of a new space outside cultural\n\u003cbr\u003ehegemony. Edited and annotated by one of India's foremost French scholars, it is one of the most important quests for an alternative discourse in the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46058469228782,"sku":"9780199489046","price":96.03,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199489046.jpg?v=1736476231","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/bridging-east-and-west","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}