{"product_id":"malloban","title":"Malloban","description":"\u003cp\u003eMalloban 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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArguably the most beloved poet in modern Bangla after Tagore, Jibanananda Das wrote a significant number of novels and short stories discovered and published after his death. Malloban is his most popular novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jibanananda Das, Rebecca Whittington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964639473711,"sku":"9780143451686","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9780143451686.jpg?v=1771334855","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/malloban","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}