num_pages: 320
description: Jamun is a young man, adrift. His father, Shymanand, is old and his mother, Ursula, on her deathbed. As the novel opens, the family are gathering together for the inevitable parting. Tracking backwards and forwards in time and space, the book unfolds a picture of Jamun and his family.
language: English
title: The Last Burden
titlecomplete: The Last Burden
genres: Fiction, India
ratings_count: 128
publisher: Faber and Faber