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A fine balance : a novel / by Rohinton Mistry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1997, c1995.Edition: 1st Vintage International edDescription: 603 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 140003065X (pbk.)
  • 9781400030651 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Oprah's book club Selection of
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR9199.3.M494 F56 1997
Contents:
City by the Sea -- For Dreams to Grow -- In a Village by a River -- Small Obstacles -- Mountains -- Day at the Circus, Night in the Slum -- On the Move -- Beautification -- What Law There Is -- Sailing Under One Flag -- The Bright Future Clouded -- Trace of Destiny -- Wedding, Worms, and Sanyas -- Return of Solitude -- Family Planning -- The Circle is Completed.
Summary: A portrait of India featuring four characters. Two are tailors who are forcibly sterilized, one is a student who emigrates, and the fourth is a widowed seamstress who decides to hang on. A tale of cruelty, political thuggery and despair by an Indian from Toronto, author of Such a Long Journey.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PR9199.3.M494F56 1997 1 Available 33710001053847

"First published in the United States in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1996."

A portrait of India featuring four characters. Two are tailors who are forcibly sterilized, one is a student who emigrates, and the fourth is a widowed seamstress who decides to hang on. A tale of cruelty, political thuggery and despair by an Indian from Toronto, author of Such a Long Journey.

City by the Sea -- For Dreams to Grow -- In a Village by a River -- Small Obstacles -- Mountains -- Day at the Circus, Night in the Slum -- On the Move -- Beautification -- What Law There Is -- Sailing Under One Flag -- The Bright Future Clouded -- Trace of Destiny -- Wedding, Worms, and Sanyas -- Return of Solitude -- Family Planning -- The Circle is Completed.