Last Burden

A fascinating portrayal of life in an Indian middle-class family by the best-selling author of English August Upamanyu Chatterjee’s second novel brilliantly recreates life in an average Indian family at the end of the twentieth century. Jamun the central character is a young man unmarried adrift. He stays away from his family which comprises his parents Urmila and Shyamanand his elder brother Burfi his sister-in-law Joyce his two nephews and the children’s ayah. Jamun returns to the family when ...See More