Such a Long Journey - Brossura

Mistry

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0771060580 ISBN 13: 9780771060588

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart, 1991

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

“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.)

L'autore:

Rohinton Mistry is the author of a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987), and three internationally acclaimed novels, Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1995), and Family Matters (2002). His fiction has won many prestigious international awards, including The Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Governor General’s Award, the Canada-Australia Literary Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, The Royal Society of Literature’s Winifred Holtby Award, and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction. A Fine Balance was also an Oprah’s Book Club® selection.

Born in Bombay in 1952, Rohinton Mistry came to Canada in 1975.
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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0771060580
• ISBN 13: 9780771060588
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile