Rohinton Mistry

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.

Rohinton Mistry’s enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait of present-day Bombay in all its vitality and corruption. At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinson’s disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His step-children, Coomy and Jal, have a spacious apartment (in the inaptly named Chateau Felicity), but are too squeamish and resentful to tend to his physical needs.Nariman must now turn to his younger daughter, Roxana, her husband, Yezad, and their two sons, who share a small, crowded home. Their decision will test not only their material resources but, in surprising ways, all their tolerance, compassion, integrity, and faith. Sweeping and intimate, tragic and mirthful, Family Matters is a work of enormous emotional power.

It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father’s ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking him to help in what at first seems like an heroic mission. 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.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Firozsha Baag is an apartment building in Bombay. Its ceilings need plastering and some of the toilets leak appallingly, but its residents are far from desperate, though sometimes contentious and unforgiving. 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.

The Scream is a single story by Rohinton Mistry, to date his shortest book! And what a gem it is.Set in a Bombay apartment, The Scream is narrated by a man at the end of his life, who is angry at the predicament of old age, at his isolation from his family and from a world that no longer understands him. He rails and raves in ways that are both hilarious and moving, and which touch us with recognition. Printed originally in a limited edition of 150 copies that was sold exclusively by World Literacy of Canada as a fundraiser for their organization, The Scream was exquisitely produced and featured original artwork by the celebrated Canadian artist Tony Urquhart. This is the first trade edition of this treasure, which will retain beautiful production values as well as all of Tony Urquhart’s colourful, dynamic artwork, which was inspired by the story. This gorgeous little book is a must-have for all of Rohinton Mistry’s fans, for their own shelves as a collector’s item and as the perfect gift.

This set of three books by Rohinton Mistry includes: "Such A Long Journey"; "A Fine Balance"; and "Tales From Firozsha Baag". It forms part of Faber's "Threebies" series, which offers different sets of three titles, each set written by a best-selling author.

Story included in author's collection, Tales from Firozsha Baag / Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag.

Story included in author's collection, Tales from Firozsha Baag / Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag.

Of White Hairs and Cricket, a short story published in Waves, Vol. 14, No. 3.Later included in author's collection, Tales from Firozsha Baag / Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag.

"The More Important Things" is a short story about a boy and his marbles, published in Canadian Fiction Magazine, No. 65, 1989.Later republished in 90: Best Canadian Stories.

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Rohinton Mistry Collection 3 Books Set (Such a Long Journey, Family Matters, A Fine Balance): Such a Long Such a Long Journey is set in Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family. Such a Long Journey is a brilliant first novel by one of the most remarkable writers to have emerged from the Indian literary tradition in many years. Family Nariman Vakeel, a seventy-nine-year-old Parsi widower, beset by Parkinson's disease and haunted by memories of the past, lives in a once-elegant apartment with his two middle-aged stepchildren. When his condition worsens he is forced to take up residence with Roxana, his own daughter, her husband, Yezad, and their two young sons. The effect of the new responsibility on Yezad, who is already besieged by financial worries, pushes him into a scheme of deception. A Fine India, 1975. An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. Amidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide forever. An epic panorama of modern India in all its corruption, violence, and heroism, A Fine Balanceis Rohinton Mistry's prize-winning a Dickensian modern classic brimming with compassion, humour, and insight - and a hymn to the human spirit in an inhuman state.

Story published as part of the Harbourfront Reading Series, 1994, Chapbook 6.

A través de estos once relatos, Rohinton Mistry nos descubre el maravilloso mundo de un barrio de la ciudad de Bombay.«Rohinton Mistry consigue, sin alharacas técnicas ni retóricas -a primera vista, pues oculta con maestría los andamios de su impecable construcción narrativa-, simplemente plasmando con sencillez el tejido de la realidad del Bombay en el que se crio, un cuadro de verdadera gran literatura.» El Confidencial A través de estos once relatos, Rohinton Mistry nos conduce a un mundo rico, misterioso para cualquier occidental, dibujando fragmentos de vida de Firozsha Baag, un edificio de apartamentos de Bombay. Allí encontramos a Jaakaylee, el visionario, y a Najamai, el único inquilino que dispone de nevera en todo el vecindario.Conocemos también a Rustomji el miserable y a Kersi, un jovencito que hace de hilo conductor de todas estas historias que él mismo relata, convertido ya en adulto y lejos de su tierra natal. Con él viviremos sus pasiones, sus temores y sus cómicas rencillas. Ingeniosas y conmovedoras a un tiempo, estas historias trenzadas forman un mosaico de vidas de un mundo luminoso, a caballo entre dos épocas.La crítica ha «Mistry impresiona con su prosa ingeniosa y sus personajes, conmovedoramente realistas, y llegamos a conocer a la gente de Firozsha Baag tan bien como a nuestros propios vecinos.»IndianToday«La gozosa anotación del mundo que hace Mistry nos recuerda que describir es una de las primeras y más solemnes tareas de la ficción.»The Guardian«Una excelente colección […]. El volumen está marcado por un tono de compasiva ternura hacia vidas en apariencia insignificantes.»The New York Times«Un autor de una fuerza e imaginación formidables […]. Estos relatos son como pequeños fragmentos de vidas que resplandecen sobre las páginas.»TorontoStar«La vida bulliciosa y palpitante de la India está capturada de forma brillante en esta serie de relatos.»Sunday Times«Rohinton Mistry explora terrenos movedizos con inteligencia, compasión, agudeza y un estilo memorable.»LosAngeles Times BookReview

Esta obra maestra cuenta la vida de cuatro personas en la India de los años setenta que, forzadas por la necesidad, aprenden a mantener un equilibrio perfecto entre la esperanza y la desesperación.Estamos en 1975, en una ciudad india junto al mar. El gobierno acaba de declarar el estado de emergencia, y dada la escasez de vivienda cuatro personas se ven obligadas a compartir un pequeño apartamento. Forman un cuarteto Dina, una costurera de cuarenta años viuda desde hace veinte y decidida a no volverse a casar. Maneck, que dejó su pueblo de montaña obligado por sus padres a abandonar el hogar para estudiar en la ciudad. El optimista Ishvar y su sobrino Omprakash, dos sastres que han huido de la terrible violencia de castas que existe en su pequeña aldea de origen.Unidos solo por el hilo impersonal de la necesidad común, estos cuatro personajes ven cómo sus vidas se entretejen de manera inexplicable e inseparable. La confianza, el humor y el afecto, que crecen gradualmente entre ellos, se convierten en un baluarte contra los rigores y las maquinaciones de la vida diaria, manteniéndolos unidos tanto para lo bueno como para lo malo.Novela ganadora de los premios Giller, Commonwealth Writter y Los Angeles Times.Esta novela pertenece al #FondoDeEditor de Literatura Random House «Ni la injusticia, ni la pobreza, ni la desesperación desplazan la belleza de esta historia atemporal y comprometida. Una novela a la que volver.» Claudio López LamadridReseñ «Una obra genial. Tendrían que leerla todos los que aman los libros, debería ganar todos los premios.» Literary Review«Una obra maestra. [...] Como toda gran ficción, transforma nuestra forma de entender la vida.» The Guardian (UK)«Una increíble novela [...] llena de sabiduría y carcajadas y toques de una inesperada familiaridad durante una lectura que ilumina la vida.» Wall Street Journal«Pocos son los que han recogido tan bien como Mistry la verdadera melancolía y la inexplicable fuerza de la India, la incomprensible criminalidad y la dulzura.» TimePlease This audiobook is in Spanish.