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- Such a Long Journey takes place in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) in the year 1971.
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Such a Long Journey takes place in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) in the year 1971. The novel's protagonist is a hard-working bank clerk called Gustad Noble, a member of the Parsi community and devoted family man struggling to keep his wife Dilnavaz, and three children out of poverty.
- Rohinton Mistry
- 1991
Such a Long Journey, written by Canadian-Indian author Rohinton Mistry, follows Gustad Noble as he navigates interpersonal conflict and political scandal in early 1970s India. Indira Gandhi’s corrupt government and India’s war with Pakistan provide the story’s political backdrop.
Jan 1, 1991 · Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry belongs to the Parsi Zoroastrian religious minority. Mistry’s first novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), brought him national and international recognition. Mistry’s subsequent novels have achieved the same level of recognition as his first.
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Gustad Noble, the protagonist of Such a Long Journey, is a well-meaning man with a highly developed sense of duty. Lesser men might well have become embittered by the losses that his family...
Jan 27, 2015 · Such a Long Journey is the first novel from Canada-based Indian writer Rohinton Mistry. It was short-listed for the Booker Prize (in 1991) as were his next two novels. Complex, but not long, it is the story of a middle-aged Parsi man in 70's Bombay, Gustad Noble, as he navigates his way through a maelstrom of….
About Such a Long Journey. It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father’s ambitions for him.
May 3, 1997 · Such a Long Journey. Rohinton Mistry. McClelland & Stewart, May 3, 1997 - Fiction - 352 pages. It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A...
