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24%OFFRohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance: The epic modern classic - 9780571230587 - V9780571230587
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A Fine Balance: The epic modern classic

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Description for A Fine Balance: The epic modern classic Paperback. Set in mid-1970s India, a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a 'State of Internal Emergency'. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic yet humane, intensely political yet rich with local delight. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 50. Weight in Grams: 466.

'A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.' Independent

India, 1975. An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. Amidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide forever.

An epic panorama of modern India in all its corruption, violence, and heroism, A Fine Balance is Rohinton Mistry's prize-winning masterpiece: a Dickensian modern classic brimming with compassion, humour, and insight - and a hymn to the human spirit in an inhuman state.

'A masterpiece of illumination and grace. Like all great fiction, it transforms ... Read moreGuardian
'Magical.' New York Times
'Monumental.' Time
'Astonishing.' Wall Street Journal

What readers are saying:

'One of the most layered and beautifully executed books I've ever read ... Easily one of my all time favourite books!'

'Many say that the mark of a good book is that it stays with you; well, I read this several years ago and I still find myself thinking of the characters ... Beautiful.'

'What a storyteller, what a wide canvas he covers of India ... Wonderful.'

'One of the best and most entertaining books I have ever read ... I can't recommend it highly enough.'

'Often heartbreaking, always evocative ... A book to savour rather than to gallop through.'

'One of the best books I've read ... Not a book for the faint-hearted, but it is a book with a big heart.'

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571230587
SKU
V9780571230587
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-95

About Rohinton Mistry
Rohinton Mistry is the author of a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987), and three novels that were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1996), and Family Matters(2002). His fiction has won, among other awards, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (twice), The Los Angeles Times Award, The ... Read more

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"'One of India's finest living novelists.' Observer"

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