Books written by Rohinton Mistry

Family Matters

Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Mistry the highest of accolades around the world.
Such a Long Journey

But he soon finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception. Compassionate, and rich in details of character and place, this unforgettable novel charts the journey of a moral heart in a turbulent world of change.
A Fine Balance

It 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 ...
A Fine Balance: A Novel

In India during the mid-1970s, after a "state of internal emergency" is declared, four very different people--a widowed seamstress, a student, and a man and his nephew who have fled their village's caste violence--find their lives becoming ...
Asuntos de familia

En esta intensa novela, Rohinton Mistry vuelve a la ciudad de Bombay, escenario de intenso dramatismo y belleza en el que el escritor ha desarrollado algunas de sus mejores historias, para contarnos la vida de Nariman Valkeel, a la vez que ...
Family Matters

1. The family’s story springs from Nariman’s marriage to the widowed mother of Coomy and Jal. We’re told, “And he, when he looked back on it all, across the wasteland...
Swimming Lessons

In these witty, poignant stories, Mistry charts the intersecting lives of Firozsha Baag, yielding a delightful collective portrait of a middle-class Indian community poised between the old ways and the new.
Un lungo viaggio

Non essere sciocco , Tehmul . ... Sì . Segreto significa che non devi dirlo a nessuno . ... Poi mise una mano sulla spalla di Tehmul e disse , con quello che si augurava fosse un bisbiglio minaccioso : « Due rupie per non dirlo .
Family Matters

Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Mistry the highest of accolades around the world.
Tales from Firozsha Baag

In these eleven stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside Firozsha Baag, an apartment building in Bombay.
Asuntos de familia

Asuntos de familia
微妙的平衡

微妙的平衡
A Fine Balance

With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India.
A Fine Balance

A novel set in India during the Emergency, by the author of Such a Long Journey. In the tiny flat of the widowed Dina Dalal, two tailors and a young...
A Fine Balance: A Novel

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