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Such a Long Journey

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Such a Long Journey

Such a Long Journey

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3.96 (11,556 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 9 March, 1992
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Such a Long Journey is set in 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.Such a Long Journey is a brilliant first novel by one of the most remarkable writers to have emerged from the Indian literary tradition in many years. It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize.
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Winner of The Commonwealth Writers Prize 1992. Shortlisted for Booker Prize for Fiction 1991.

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Type Book
ISBN13 9780571165254
ISBN10 0571165257
Number Of Pages 352
Item Weight 294 g
Product Dimensions 24 x 196 x 126 mm
Publisher / Reseller Faber and Faber
Format paperback
Edition New e.
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Rohinton Mistry was born in 1952 and grew up in Bombay, India, where he also attended university. In 1975 he emigrated to Canada, where he began a course in English and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of three novels and one collection of short stories. His debut novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and the Governor General's Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was made into an acclaimed feature film in 1998. His second novel, A Fine Balance(1995), won many prestigious awards, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and the Giller Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and theIrish Times International Fiction Prize.

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