A fine balance : a novel / by Rohinton Mistry.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1997, c1995.Edition: 1st Vintage International edDescription: 603 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 140003065X (pbk.)
- 9781400030651 (pbk.)
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- PR9199.3.M494 F56 1997
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"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.