Such a Long Journey
Rohinton Mistry · b. 1952 · India / Canada
Why it matters
A Bombay bank clerk is unwittingly drawn into a real 1971 government fraud scheme while his own family and faith quietly unravel. Mistry's Governor General's Award-winning debut, as tender about ordinary Parsi life as A Fine Balance is brutal about the state.
At a glance
political novelfamily sagapsychological novel
Difficulty 5/10medium pace340 pagesA tightly focused domestic plot entangles with a real, only partly explained political conspiracy.
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