Rohinton Mistry

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July 03, 1952

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Rohinton Mistry is considered to be one of the foremost authors of Indian heritage writing in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry belongs to the Parsi Zoroastrian religious minority.

Mistry’s first novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), brought him national and international recognition. Mistry’s subsequent novels have achieved the same level of recognition as his first. His second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), concerns four people from Bombay who struggle with family and work against the backdrop of the political unrest in India during the mid-1970s. The book won Canada’s Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist...more

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	A Fine Balance 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 51,707 ratings — published 1995 — 50 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Matters 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 8,278 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Such a Long Journey 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 3,561 ratings — published 1991 — 30 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,378 ratings — published 1987 — 23 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scream 3.07 of 5 stars 3.07 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Threebies: Rohinton Mistry 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A World of Difference: An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents by Lynda Prescott (Editor), Peter Carey (Contributor), V.S. Naipaul (Contributor) 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic by Alberto Manguel (Editor, Translator, Foreword), Grace Amundson, A.S. Byatt 4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rotten English: A Literary Anthology by Dohra Ahmad (Editor), Louise Bennett (Contributor), Mary McCabe (Contributor) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bookclub-in-a-Box Discussion Guide to A Fine Balance, the Novel by Rohinton Mistry (Bookclub-In-A-Box) by Marilyn Herbert, Rohinton Mistry 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1995	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

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“Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

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“Everyone underestimates their own life. Funny thing is, in the end, all our stories...they're the same. In fact, no matter where you go in the world, there is only one important story: of youth, loss and yearning for redemption. So we tell the same story, over and over. Only the details are different. ”
― Rohinton Mistry, Family Matters

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