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A Fine Balance
Contributor(s): Mistry, Rohinton (Author)
ISBN: 140003065X     ISBN-13: 9781400030651
Publisher: Vintage
OUR PRICE:   $17.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2001
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Annotation: 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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Fiction | Sagas
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 95049317
Series: Oprah's Book Club
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.2" W x 8.1" (0.98 lbs) 624 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Chronological Period - 1970's
- Cultural Region - Indian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 56456
Reading Level: 5.8   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 36.0
 
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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.