The Wreck- Rabindranath Tagore

The Wreck is the translated Bengali novel written by Tagore in 1906. The storyline is quite simple. It is about mistaken identities and ends in a pleasant note. The diction flows effortlessly and poetic gems twinkles through out the novel. The most disputed and complex philosophies about love and life are presented in its simpler form. The womenfolk are being treated as deities. Even the villain is not quite villainous but just ambitious and outspoken. At times, the soliloquies and monologues of troubled characters are too lengthy and bland.


Tagore is a sage and a great poet. His insights about the life of common people are quite surprising. The simplicity of the work is totally unexpected.