Such a Long Journey (1991) : topophilic sentiments in Rohinton Mistry

In Such a Long Journey (1991), Rohinton Mistry's second book of fiction, the city of Mumbai (Bombay in the novel) surfaces as a character of its own. Spatiality is of extreme importance in this novel. The multifaceted matrix of different spaces and places are in the focus of the narrative among them: domestic, personal, intimate, spiritual, cultural, real and fictional ones. Through an in-depth analysis of these spatial formations my aim is to prove that Mistry has a strong sense of nostalgia towards his homeland, including the colonial past of India and its post-independence present.