A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571203620
- ISBN 13
- 9780571203628
- Seller
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Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Faber and Faber. Good. 177mm / 111mm. Paperback. 2000. 768 pages. Cover worn and faded. Text tanned<br>Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no on e could have foreseen soon after the government declares a 'State of Internal Emergency'. It is a breathtaking achievement: panora mic ... .
Synopsis
A Fine Balance is the third book by Rohinton Mistry. Set in Mumbai, India between 1975 and 1977 during the turmoil of The Emergency, a period of expanded government power and crackdowns on civil liberties, this book is about four characters from varied backgrounds—Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash and the young lad Maneck—who come together and develop a bond. First published by McClelland and Stewart in 1995, it won the Giller Prize.
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- Bookseller
- bookexpress.co.nz (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3305p
- Title
- A Fine Balance
- Author
- Rohinton Mistry
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0571203620
- ISBN 13
- 9780571203628
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2000
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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