{"product_id":"malloban-9780143451686","title":"Malloban","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalloban\u003c\/i\u003e is set in North Calcutta in the winter of 1929. The eponymous protagonist, a lower-middle-class office worker, lives in College Street-a locality known for its bookstores, publishing houses, and universities-with his wife Utpala and their daughter Monu. The novel unfolds through a series of everyday scenes of dysfunction and discontent: bickering about bathrooms and budgeting, family trips to the zoo and the movies, a visit from Utpala's brother's family which displaces Malloban to a boarding house, and the appearance of a frequent late-night visitor to Utpala's upstairs bedroom. Meanwhile, the daughter Monu bears the brunt of her parents' unlove.\u003cbr\u003eArguably the most beloved poet in modern Bangla after Tagore, Jibanananda wrote a significant number of novels and short stories discovered and published after his death. \u003ci\u003eMalloban\u003c\/i\u003e is his most popular novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e India Penguin Modern Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143451686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Jibanananda Das","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42022004490421,"sku":"9780143451686","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6382c7d0-a97b-4800-b1f3-2a3d7e0a93bb.jpg?v=1649302063","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/malloban-9780143451686","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}