Such a Long Journey
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize 1992, Best Book
(Sprache: Englisch)
Beautiful new paperback Faber Firsts edition of Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey , to commemorate Faber's 80th Anniversary
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Beautiful new paperback Faber Firsts edition of Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey , to commemorate Faber's 80th Anniversary
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Such a Long Journey is set in (what was then) 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.It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize.
Autoren-Porträt von Rohinton Mistry
Rohinton Mistry is the author of three novels, all of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag .His first novel, Such a Long Journey , won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the SmithBooks/ Books in Canada First Novel Award. It was made into an acclaimed feature film in 1998.
A Fine Balance was winner of the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize, the Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Award, and Denmark's ALOA Prize. It was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix Femina. In 2002, A Fine Balance was selected for Oprah's Book Club.
Family Matters wasa finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. It won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction and the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award.
Born in Bombay, Rohinton Mistry came to Canada in 1975 after completing a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Economics at Bombay University. He has accepted honorary degrees from the University of Ottawa (Doctor of the University, 1996), the University of Toronto (Doctor of Letters, 1999), York University (Doctor of Letters, 2003), and Ryerson University (Doctor of Letters, 2012). He was awarded the Trudeau Fellows Prize in 2004, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009, he was a finalist for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize, and winner of the 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In translation, his work has been published in more than thirty languages.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Rohinton Mistry
- 2009, Main - Special 80th birthday edition, 352 Seiten, Maße: 12,6 x 19,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Faber & Faber, Leipzig
- ISBN-10: 0571245889
- ISBN-13: 9780571245888
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.05.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
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