A Fine Balance
Author(s): Rohinton Mistry
Set in the mid-1970s in India, A Fine Balance tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a 'State of Internal Emergency'. Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances - and their fates - become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Written with compassion, humour and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured and powerful novel by one of the most gifted writers of our time.
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'A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.' Independent
Rohinton Mistry is the author of 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 Giller Prize, The Governor-General's Award, and the Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Award. In translation, his work has been published in over twenty-five languages.
General Fields
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : 0.484
- : 30 September 2015
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 November 2015
- : 01 November 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : Rohinton Mistry
- : Paperback
- : 20th Anniversary edition
- : English
- : 813.6
- : 624