# Malloban

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- Authors: [Jibanananda Das](https://www.bookquiver.com/jibanananda-das)
- Language: en_IN
- Published: 2022-03-01

## Description

Malloban 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.” Arguably 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. Malloban is his most popular novel.

## Editions

### Malloban

- Publisher: india_penguin_modern_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4345-168-6
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2022-03-01
- Language: en_IN