Malloban
Das, Jibanananda / Whittington, Rebecca![Malloban](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/384/38473851/CHSBZCOP0338473851.jpg)
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 Utpal...