00937nam a22001817a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020002200062028002200084040002400106082001600130100002100146245002400167260003900191300000800230500050200238650001500740OSt20180710135141.0180710b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a978-0-571-23057-0  bPrerna Srivastava  aBSDUbEnglishcBSDU  a813.54bMIS  aMistry, Rohinton  aSuch a Long Journey  aLondonbFaber and Faber Ltd.c1991  a339  aSuch 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.

It was the 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.  aLiterature