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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. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking him to help in what at first seems like an heroic mission. But he soon finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception. Compassionate, and rich in details of character and place, this unforgettable novel charts the journey of a moral heart in a turbulent world of change.
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“Mistry is a writer of considerable achievement....Patiently and with loving humour, [he] develops a portrait and draws his people with such care and understanding that their trials become our tragedies.”
–Time
“A seamless, gracefully written trek through a rocky period in one man’s life....A rewarding literary excursion.”
–Maclean’s
“This fine first novel demonstrates the bright-hard reality of India’s middle class....Mistry is a singular pleasure to read, and his description of India is a lucid, living account.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
“A passionate embracing of life in all its manifestations.”
–Books in Canada
“A rich, humane work, undoubtedly one of the best novels about India in recent years.”
–The Spectator (U.K.)
“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.”
–New York Times Book Review
“A highly poised and accomplished work.”
–The Observer (U.K.)
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–Time
“A seamless, gracefully written trek through a rocky period in one man’s life....A rewarding literary excursion.”
–Maclean’s
“This fine first novel demonstrates the bright-hard reality of India’s middle class....Mistry is a singular pleasure to read, and his description of India is a lucid, living account.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
“A passionate embracing of life in all its manifestations.”
–Books in Canada
“A rich, humane work, undoubtedly one of the best novels about India in recent years.”
–The Spectator (U.K.)
“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.”
–New York Times Book Review
“A highly poised and accomplished work.”
–The Observer (U.K.)
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 made into an acclaimed feature film in 1998.
A Fine Balance was winner of the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize, the Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Award, and Denmark's ALOA Prize. It was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix Femina. In 2002, A Fine Balance was selected for Oprah’s Book Club.
Family Matters won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction and the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award. It was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Born in Bombay, Rohinton Mistry has lived in Canada since 1975. He was awarded the Trudeau Fellows Prize in 2004, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009, he was a finalist for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize, and winner of the 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In translation, his work has been published in more than thirty languages.
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- EditoreEmblem Editions
- Data di pubblicazione1997
- ISBN 10 0771060572
- ISBN 13 9780771060571
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine352
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