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Such a Long Journey. Such a Long Journey is a 1991 novel by Rohinton Mistry. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other awards. In 2010 the book made headlines when it was withdrawn from the University of Mumbai 's English syllabus after complaints from the Maharashtrian politician Aditya Thackeray.
- Rohinton Mistry
- 1991
Jan 1, 2001 · 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. His second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), concerns four people from Bombay who struggle with family and work against the backdrop of the political unrest in India during the mid-1970s.
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Rohinton Mistry is the author of three novels, all of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag. His first novel, Such a Long Journey, won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the SmithBooks/ Books in Canada First Novel Award. It was ...
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- Rohinton Mistry
Jun 2, 1992 · Such a Long Journey. Paperback – June 2, 1992. by Rohinton Mistry (Author) 4.0 1,219 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. 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 ...
- Rohinton Mistry
- $15.95
- Vintage
Feb 11, 2011 · Rohinton Mistry is the author of a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987), and three novels that were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1995), and Family Matters (2002). His books have won, among other awards, the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
- Rohinton Mistry
- McClelland & Stewart, 2011
- 1551994402, 9781551994406
- Such a Long Journey
“The world of Such a Long Journey is vivid, lively, and comic – a rich and richly recreated setting.” – Winnipeg Free Press “Fascinating.…Mistry manages to convey a vivid picture of India through sharp affectionate sketches of Indian family life and a gift for erotic satire.”
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Nov 20, 2008 · Rohinton Mistry. Faber & Faber, Nov 20, 2008 - Fiction - 352 pages. Such a Long Journey is set in (what was then) Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family.
