A Fine Balance Contributor(s): Mistry, Rohinton (Author) |
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ISBN: 140003065X ISBN-13: 9781400030651 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher 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. |