A Fine Balance
ROHINTON MISTRY
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A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
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616 reviews (1996) (624p)
Man Booker Prize Finalist
LA Times Book Prize for Fiction
ALA Notable Books - Fiction Finalist
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Book Description |
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. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future.
As the characters move from distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, A Fine Balance creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state. |
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Rohinton Mistry Award Stats |
Major Prize* Nominations |
5 |
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Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* |
3 |
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Pulitzer Prize Wins |
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Pulitzer Prize Nominations |
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National Book Critics Circle Award Wins |
0 |
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National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations |
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National Book Award Wins |
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National Book Award Nominations |
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Man Booker Prize Wins |
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Man Booker Prize Nominations |
3 |
A Fine Balance · Family Matters · Such a Long Journey · |
PEN/Faulkner Award Wins |
0 |
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PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations |
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*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award
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