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Introduction:
Book Name: Such A Long Journey
Author Name: Rohinton Mistry
Language: English
Language: English
About the Author:
Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay, India, to a Parsi family His brother is the playwright and writer of Cyrus' mistry. He received a BA in Mathematics and Economics from St. Xavier College, Bombay.
He migrated to Canada with his wife-to-be Freny Elavia in 1975 and they wedded shortly afterward. He struggled in a bank for a while, before subsiding to academia at the University of Toronto where he attained a BA in English and Philosophy.
Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay, India, to a Parsi family His brother is the playwright and writer of Cyrus' mistry. He received a BA in Mathematics and Economics from St. Xavier College, Bombay.
He migrated to Canada with his wife-to-be Freny Elavia in 1975 and they wedded shortly afterward. He struggled in a bank for a while, before subsiding to academia at the University of Toronto where he attained a BA in English and Philosophy.
About the Book:
Greatly a Long Journey is an initial novel by Canada-based Indian columnist Rohinton Mistry. It was short-listed for the Booker Prize (in 1991) as were his next two books. Complex, but not lengthy, it is the story of a middle-aged Parsi man in 70’s Bombay, Gustad Noble, as he guides his direction through a vortex of household, relationship, urban and national catastrophes on a voyage towards middle consensus and reconciliation.
Greatly a Long Journey is an initial novel by Canada-based Indian columnist Rohinton Mistry. It was short-listed for the Booker Prize (in 1991) as were his next two books. Complex, but not lengthy, it is the story of a middle-aged Parsi man in 70’s Bombay, Gustad Noble, as he guides his direction through a vortex of household, relationship, urban and national catastrophes on a voyage towards middle consensus and reconciliation.
Although it has enticed disagreement additional previously, it was not merited. Though necessarily not innocuous, it ought to be encountered for its mortal fiction and not simmered for harming the emotions of those who have not to examine it.
Each sunrise Gustad Noble rises before 6 AM, glides to the ceiling of his Bombay flat house, and prays eastward to Ahura Mazda, whisking his kushti to drive away Ahriman. A tall, broad-shouldered man, masculine with his heavy black mustache, he steps with a limp after an emergency an extraordinary years before where he protected the existence of his aged son, lunging in front of a cab.
Despite small resentments; such as his confrontations with annoying neighbors, escalating milk rates, a water allowance, disruptive provincial housework, systematic power losses, and the chance of fighting with Pakistan; Gustad has much to be pleased for.
Each sunrise Gustad Noble rises before 6 AM, glides to the ceiling of his Bombay flat house, and prays eastward to Ahura Mazda, whisking his kushti to drive away Ahriman. A tall, broad-shouldered man, masculine with his heavy black mustache, he steps with a limp after an emergency an extraordinary years before where he protected the existence of his aged son, lunging in front of a cab.
Despite small resentments; such as his confrontations with annoying neighbors, escalating milk rates, a water allowance, disruptive provincial housework, systematic power losses, and the chance of fighting with Pakistan; Gustad has much to be pleased for.
His eldest son, Sohrab, has aced his exams and will shortly enroll at the Indian Institute of Technology and his daughter Roshan, now eight, is the tremendous joy in his existence. His major basis of sadness is the immediate disappearance of his best playmate, Major Jimmy Bilimoria, a scarcity that broke his soul and one he can only infer as a significant deception.
Aspects are moderately well for the Noble household, but Gustad is not one for positiveness. He remembers only too well a past that pledged much more. His grandfather had once acquired a profitable furniture shop before hard periods and insolvency ended it.
Aspects are moderately well for the Noble household, but Gustad is not one for positiveness. He remembers only too well a past that pledged much more. His grandfather had once acquired a profitable furniture shop before hard periods and insolvency ended it.
Gustad’s father’s bookstore had endured a related fate when his ill papa presented restraint to his drinking, gambling, uncle. Gustad’s father pardoned his brother for his loss, something Gustad cannot abide by. The household came perilously near to deprivation. It was a worried and furious time that had contended the life of his mommy.
The tiny flat they now occupy has a dark and unfortunate facet. The windows are coated with blackout sheets, put up nine years ago in 1962 during the fighting with China. The setback to China had been shameful. Gustad thinks Indian Prime Minister Nehru was quiet to react to the fighting, in denial that a brother nation would act so and, once ratifying its truth, was heartbroken.
The tiny flat they now occupy has a dark and unfortunate facet. The windows are coated with blackout sheets, put up nine years ago in 1962 during the fighting with China. The setback to China had been shameful. Gustad thinks Indian Prime Minister Nehru was quiet to react to the fighting, in denial that a brother nation would act so and, once ratifying its truth, was heartbroken.
Increasingly harsh and rancorous, Nehru missed the emphasis on fleeing the nation and fixated rather on progression to his daughter Indira. Gustad, also feeling cheated by a playmate, does not enable himself to live in rejection, he is all too familiar with the challenges and disservices of life, but he too is fixating on his intentions for his eldest son for whom he would surrender anything and has already hazarded his vitality for.
The blackout sheet has not been discarded, nevertheless. Three years after the fighting with China came fighting with Pakistan and more blackouts. With the magazine headlines coating turmoil in East Pakistan and a Republic of Bangladesh announced, Gustad learns better than to take the sheet down now.
The blackout sheet has not been discarded, nevertheless. Three years after the fighting with China came fighting with Pakistan and more blackouts. With the magazine headlines coating turmoil in East Pakistan and a Republic of Bangladesh announced, Gustad learns better than to take the sheet down now.
Gustad’s exemplary disinclination is soon awarded. A household dinner with visitors to enjoy Sohrab’s exam outcomes flares into a brutal statement between dad and son. Sohrab dismisses Gustad’s fantasy of his becoming an architect, expecting instead to enroll in an arts program and be with his friends. Gustad announces that until Sohrab apologizes, he is lifeless to him.
My View:
An engrossing book that effortlessly embarks its readers on a journey that we wish doesn't come to an end. A wonderful tale of commoners, their dreams, struggles, achievements that is intricately intertwined with worldly affairs; Such a Long Journey is a throbbing narrative of the Parsee community.
What stands out? The story, the characterization, the narration, the symbolism, and the overall effect that lingers.
Pure pleasure and a must-read.
My rating for this book is 5/5
Get a copy of this book easily from Amazon: Such A Long Journey
An engrossing book that effortlessly embarks its readers on a journey that we wish doesn't come to an end. A wonderful tale of commoners, their dreams, struggles, achievements that is intricately intertwined with worldly affairs; Such a Long Journey is a throbbing narrative of the Parsee community.
What stands out? The story, the characterization, the narration, the symbolism, and the overall effect that lingers.
Pure pleasure and a must-read.
My rating for this book is 5/5
Get a copy of this book easily from Amazon: Such A Long Journey
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