Rohinton mistry such a long journey author

Such a Long Journey is the first novel from Canada-based Indian writer Rohinton Mistry. It was short-listed for the Booker Prize (in 1991) as were his next two novels.

Complex, but not long, it is the story of a middle-aged Parsi man in 70’s Bombay, Gustad Noble, as he navigates his way through a maelstrom of family, friendship, urban and national tragedies on a journey towards inner peace and reconciliation.

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Although it has attracted controversy more recently, it was not deserved. Though certainly not benign, it ought to be experienced for its human story and not burned for hurting the feelings of those who have not read it.

Each morning Gustad Noble rises before 6AM, ascends to the roof of his Bombay apartment building and prays eastward to Ahura Mazda, whipping his kushti to drive away Ahriman.

A tall, broad-shouldered man, masculine with his thick black moustache, he walks with a limp after an accident a few years a