{"product_id":"malloban-paperbackmodern-classics","title":"Malloban - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMalloban\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMalloban\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is his most popular novel.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39729352736834,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/15_8a37e04d-a7c0-43ba-8234-19363a8f95f3.jpg?v=1649653340","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/malloban-paperbackmodern-classics","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}