false 19659 16 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.<br><br>"A fine collection...the volume is informed by a tone of gentle compassion for seemingly insignificant lives."--Michiko Kakutani, <i>New York Times</i> 814396 1987 Swimming Lessons: and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag total:354|5:67|4:153|3:116|2:15|1:3| 354 1328 541 37 0 1 false false Wed Oct 10 06:53:37 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 06:54:09 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 00:01:43 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 20:17:03 -0700 2009 Rohinton Mistry is primarily known for two of his works, Such...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue May 29 09:00:14 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 09:06:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 26 03:16:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 03:17:04 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Feb 14 04:15:06 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:03:09 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 14 10:33:40 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 04 08:58:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 04:25:18 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:19:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 10:38:28 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 09:49:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 10:38:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Wed Jun 06 08:12:54 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 08:15:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 07 17:25:48 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 12:39:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Dec 31 14:33:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 14:46:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Apr 08 05:38:03 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 08 05:41:21 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Sep 27 22:20:24 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 22:22:45 -0700 2008 1 2 0 false false Fri Sep 05 14:02:29 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 14:02:36 -0700 2008 ]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 05 08:10:20 -0700 2007 Sat May 05 08:11:05 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Oct 11 12:54:01 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 12:55:31 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jul 08 17:17:19 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 12:45:49 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Jun 06 08:03:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 09:43:48 -0700 2007 3 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 08:56:59 -0800 2008 Sun May 04 10:00:24 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jan 25 07:53:19 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 09:57:46 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2963794