num_pages: 352
description: Such a Long Journey is set in Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family. Such a Long Journey is a brilliant first novel by one of the most remarkable writers to have emerged from the Indian literary tradition in many years. It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize.
language: English
title: Such a Long Journey
titlecomplete: Such a Long Journey
characters: Gustad Noble, Sohrab, Major Bilimoria, Dinshawji, Roshan, Dilnavaz, Tehmul
genres: Fiction, Indian Literature, Asia, Canadian Literature, Canada, India, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 10860
places: India, New Delhi, Mumbai
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall
publisher: Faber and Faber