by Rohinton Mistry · Faber and Faber Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571179367
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«A Fine Balance» is the historical novel by Rohinton Mistry, published by Faber and Faber in paperback (614 pages, in English).
In mid-1970s India, four characters from very different backgrounds are brought together by circumstances when the government declares a state of emergency. The novel interweaves their stories with the political and social tension of the era, and portrays the effort to maintain personal balance in the face of adversity.
Rohinton Mistry is also the author of Such a Long Journey. The novel was shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize and won the 1995 Giller Prize.
For readers of literary and historical fiction seeking a novel set in India with strong political and human content.
Rohinton Mistry is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He has been the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012. Each of his three novels was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. All have been set in India, told from the perspective of Parsis, and explore themes of family life, poverty, discrimination, and the corrupting influence of society.
