21. Rohinton Mistry Became An Author Almost By Chance rohinton mistry thinks carefully before he speaks; his voice is soft, but he can deliver a line with a surprising bite. The Canadian author was a Booker http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/062697/rohinton.htm

Rohinton Mistry became an author almost by chance By Mary Mazzocco Knight-Ridder Newspapers Rohinton Mistry thinks carefully before he speaks; his voice is soft, but he can deliver a line with a surprising bite. The Canadian author was a Booker Prize finalist for his latest novel, ''A Fine Balance,'' recently released in paperback (Vintage, $15). It's about four people caught up in India's 1975 state of emergency, when Indira Gandhi suspended many aspects of the constitution in order to hold onto power after being implicated in a scandal. Mistry gradually builds a picture of two tailors, their widowed employer and the college student who is her boarder. It's the antithesis of the Grisham-type thriller, and as the story subtly but powerfully develops, it's hard to remember it isn't reportage. ''People have gotten used to reading more minimalist stuff,'' Mistry says. ''So when they read something like this, with this level of detail, they assume it must be nonfiction. It's amazing how easily we get trained by the conventions of our time.'' Like Dina, the widow in his story, Mistry grew up in a Parsi family in an Indian city by the sea in his case, Bombay, though he is careful not to identify the city in ''A Fine Balance.'' But the book is not autobiography: He left India by ''pure coincidence'' about a month after the state of emergency was declared, to pursue a career in Toronto.

22. Rohinton Mistry : Family Matters : Book Review Read a review of Family Matters by rohinton mistry at MostlyFiction.com. http://www.mostlyfiction.com/world/mistry.htm

skip to: page content links on this page site navigation footer (site information) Mostly Fiction BOOK REVIEWS all authors all titles newsletter home ... Author Info Rohinton Mistry Author's Bibliography Book Marks About the Author MOSTLYFICTION.COM BOOKSHELF: World Literature NEXT AUTHOR ... Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Sister of My Heart READ MORE ... Manil Suri: The Death of Vishnu Jumpha Lahiri: The Namesake Yann Martel: The Life of Pi Jonathan Franzen: The Corrections Amazon Gift Certificates If you find this site helpful please consider recommending it to your friends or place a link at your site to MostlyFiction.com. Thank you for Supporting MostlyFiction.com! Bombay (w Foil) P.G. Gravele Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com "Family Matters" (Reviewed by Karma Sawka DEC 12, 2002) I could barely wait to read this new novel by Rohinton Mistry. I remember sitting utterly transfixed by his last novel, A Fine Balance , while riding on a bus through Europe. The scenery rushed by, my new husband sat next to me, and I was absorbed in my thoughts about the book and about how profoundly delicate life can be. Receiving a review copy of Family Matters was like the greatest of surprises, Christmas, and the first day of school all wrapped up in a padded envelope. I knew it would be great. Indeed, Mistry is the recipient of the

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24. ReadingGroupGuides.com - A Fine Balance By Rohinton Mistry The questions and discussion topics that follow are intended to enhance your group s experience of reading rohinton mistry s A Fine Balance. http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides_F/fine_balance1.asp

Enter your search terms Submit search form By Title By Author By Genre Most Requested ... Vintage A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry List Price: Pages: Format: Paperback ISBN: Publisher: Vintage The questions and discussion topics that follow are intended to enhance your group's experience of reading Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance . We hope they will provide many interesting angles from which to approach this sweeping and magnificent novel by one of the most powerful of contemporary writers. The time is 1975; the place is India, in an unnamed city by the sea. The corrupt and brutal government has just declared a State of Emergency, and the country is on the edge of chaos. In these precarious circumstances, four characters form an unlikely alliance: two tailors, uncle and nephew, who have come to the city in flight from the cruel caste violence in their native village; a middle-aged widow desperately trying to preserve her fragile independence; and a young student from the northern mountains, bewildered by the end of his idyllic childhood and his parents' slow collapse. Through the dramatic and often shocking turns their lives take, we get an intimate view not only of their world but of India itself, in all its extraordinary variety. Rohinton Mistry creates unforgettable characters and vast social panoramas on the scale of Dickens and Victor Hugo, and he shares, as well, their remarkable generosity of spirit. "Those who continue to harp on the decline of the novel ought to . . . consider Rohinton Mistry," wrote the

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Language: English [ others Albanian Basque Bulgarian ... Welsh Over twenty-two million books on members' bookshelves. Home Book Suggestions Zeitgeist Groups ... add a picture Author: Rohinton Mistry Also known as: Rohinton Mistri Robinton Mistry Mistry Rohinton Members Reviews Rating Favorited Conversations Books by Rohinton Mistry combine/separate works A fine balance : a novel 2133 copies, 44 reviews Family matters 668 copies, 13 reviews Such a long journey 374 copies, 2 reviews Tales from Firozsha Baag 111 copies, 2 reviews 72 copies, review En h¥rfin balance 5 copies, review 3 copies, review En ¶mt¥lig balans : roman 1 copy, review En s¥dan l¥ng resa : [roman] 1 copy, review Une simple affaire de famille 1 copy, review Familiekwesties 1 copy, review Das Kaleidoskop des Lebens 1 copy, review Member ratings Average: 0.5 stars 1 stars 1.5 stars 2 stars 2.5 stars 3 stars 3.5 stars 4 stars 4.5 stars 5 stars Common Knowledge Share what you know. view history You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. For more help see the Common Knowledge help page Canonical name Gender male Date of birth Date of death Burial location Nationality Places of residence Brampton, Ontario, Canada

26. Rohinton Mistry Biography rohinton mistry s small body of fiction has received high praise, numerous honors, and been favorably, if inevitably, compared to the work of the best known http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4600/Mistry-Rohinton.html

Other Free Encyclopedias Brief Biographies Contemporary Novelists Vol 12 Rohinton Mistry Biography Find all books written by Rohinton Mistry on Amazon.com Nationality: Canadian (originally Indian; immigrated to Canada, 1975; naturalized Canadian citizen). Born: Bombay, India, 1952. Education: University of Bombay, B.S. 1975; University of Toronto, B.A. 1984. Career: Has worked in a bank in Toronto. Since 1985 full-time writer. Awards: Canadian Fiction Books in Canada first novels award, and Commonwealth Writers prize, 1992, all for Such a Long Journey. Agent: Lucina Vardey Agency, 297 Seaton St., Toronto, Ontario M5A 2T6, Canada. P UBLICATIONS Novels Such a Long Journey. Toronto, McClelland, New York, Knopf, andLondon, Faber, 1991. A Fine Balance. New York, Knopf, 1996. Short Stories Tales from Firozsha Baag. Toronto, Penguin, 1987; London, Faber, 1992; as Swimming Lessons, and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag , Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Critical Studies: The Fiction of Rohinton Mistry: Critical Studies, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, New Delhi, India, Prestige Books, 1998. Swimming Lessons Swimming Lessons , the son comes to understand the world he has left behind; in reading that book his parents come in turn to understand the son whom they feared was growing not just geographically distant but culturally distant as well.

27. Rohinton Mistry - Authors - Random House rohinton mistry is the author of a collection of short stories, Tale from Firozsha Baag (1987), and two internationally acclaimed novels. http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=20859

28. Rohinton Mistry Criticism rohinton mistry 1952. Indian-born Canadian short-story writer and novelist. The following entry presents an overview of mistry s career through 2003. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/mistry-rohinton

utmSetVar('lit_all'); Rohinton Mistry Criticism and Essays Welcome, guest! Login Join eNotes Entire Site Literature Science History Business Soc. Sciences Health Arts College Journals Literature Science History Business ... Z Search All Criticism: Printable Version Download PDF Cite this Page Rohinton Mistry 1952- Indian-born Canadian short-story writer and novelist. The following entry presents an overview of Mistry's career through 2003. For further information on his life and works, see CLC, Volume 126. INTRODUCTION Mistry has become one of the preeminent writers of the postcolonialist writing movement. Although he now lives in Toronto, he sets his novels primarily in his native Bombay, combining a natural, direct style with simple description to present an honest and loving image of India. With attention to the detail of his characters' everyday lives, his books often explore the tragic circumstances of India's desperate poor even as he balances this misery by presenting the dignity and joy they feel in simple pleasures and their extended families. Critics have praised Mistry's growth as a writer and his transparent style, commonly drawing comparisons to Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, and Thomas Hardy. Biographical Information Mistry was born in 1952 in Bombay. As a Parsi, Mistry is part of a dwindling community of fewer than 125,000 people worldwide, most of whom are concentrated around Bombay. Parsis are descended from the religious followers of Zoroastrianism who fled from what is now Iran to avoid forced conversion to Islam. While India offers them a safe haven, present day Parsis are subject to marginalization as well as widely-held stereotypes, both positive and negative. Closely knit as a community, Parsis are often treated as a little-understood and foreign presence by the Hindu-dominated nation of India. Mistry grew up in this charged atmosphere in a Parsi area of Bombay.

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Search By: Keyword Title Author ISBN Browse: Choose a subject: Art Children's Books Christian Books History Gardening Horror Mystery Oprah Book Club Photography Reference Romance Science Science Fiction Sports Technology Travel Art Children's Books Christian Books History ... Store Directory Rohinton Mistry Indian-Canadian writer Date of Birth You may sort these results by title or by publication date 34 titles (showing 1-20) Cuentos De Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry May 2007, Paperback List Price: $34.95 Un perfecto equilibrio/ A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry June 2006, Paperback List Price: $19.95 A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry November 2005, Paperback List Price: $19.95 Bookclub-in-a-box Discusses the Novel Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry October 2005, Paperback List Price: $19.95 The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz by Rohinton Mistry Paul Hecht (Narrator) March 2005, Compact Disc (Audio) List Price: $29.95 Asuntos de familia/ Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry April 2004, Paperback List Price: $17.95

30. Mistry, Rohinton --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on mistry, rohinton In 2002 Indianborn Canadian writer rohinton mistry s latest novel, Family Matters, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9389599/Mistry-Rohinton

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33. Literary Encyclopedia: Rohinton Mistry Despite his status as one of Canada s most successful writers over the past 15 years, rohinton mistry writes very little about Canada itself. http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3131

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35. "Family Matters" By Rohinton Mistry - Salon.com Oct 10, 2002 rohinton mistry writes sweeping, realist family dramas that recall such 19th century writers as Tolstoy and Dickens. http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2002/10/10/mistry/index.html

Search: Salon The Web Sunday, Jan 27, 2008 Books Comics Community Life ... Log in "Family Matters" by Rohinton Mistry From the author of "A Fine Balance," a Dickensian story of a Bombay family whose members battle society to gain true love and worldly success. By Michelle Goldberg Pages 1 Share Digg it Del.icio.us My Yahoo ... RSS Font: S S+ S++ One of the best of these books is Mistry's 1995 novel "A Fine Balance," the expansive, devastating story of four people, misfits in their communities, finding solace together while battling to survive during the "emergency" Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared in 1975, a period of intense repression against dissidents and the poor. More than a year after reading it, I still lose my composure thinking of its ending. Mistry writes with an enveloping, heart-tearing compassion, and much of the novel feels almost whimsical, as isolated people make soulful alliances and subtle acts of kindness counterbalance hellish violence. But in the end, goodness is no match for political furies. As much as it recalls the greatest classic English-language literature, "A Fine Balance" also has a very Indian sort of fatalism, showing how impossible it is for individuals to triumph over a casually malevolent system that's far stronger than they are. Mistry's newest novel, "Family Matters," isn't as resonant or as powerful as "A Fine Balance" few books are but it's moving all the same, occasionally achieving an incandescent tenderness that never lapses into bathos. While the former book encompassed Hindu, Muslim and Parsi communities in cities and villages, this time Mistry's canvas is much more intimate, dealing with a single Parsi clan living on the edge of the middle class in contemporary Bombay. As in "A Fine Balance," though, the family in "Family Matters" can't escape brutal social strictures, no matter how valiantly they try.

36. Rohinton Mistry - Rohinton Mistry Biography - Indian Writer Rohinton Mistry rohinton mistry rohinton mistry Biography - Indian writer rohinton mistry. http://www.indobase.com/indians-abroad/rohinton-mistry.html

Indians Abroad Indians Abroad Amartya Sen Amitav Ghosh ... Indians Abroad : Rohinton Mistry This write up helps you to steal a look into the biography of Indian writer and novelist, Rohinton Mistry. Rohinton Mistry Why Is He Famous? Rohinton Mistry is a renowned novelist and author. Rohinton was born in India and presently settled in Canada. "One Sunday" was Mistry's first short story and won him the first prize in the Canadian Hart House Literary Contest. "Tales from Firozsha Baag" was Mistry's short story collection and was published for the first time in Canada in the year 1987. Rohinton Mistry's style of writing is distinct and has made a mark for itself. His notable novels are "Such a long journey", "A Fine Balance" (set during the State of Emergency in India in the 1970s), and "Family Matters". Such a Long Journey and A Fine Balance were both short listed for the Booker Prize for Fiction, and Family Matters was short listed for the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Background Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay, India, on 3 July, 1952, in a Parsi family. Rohinton had his undergraduate degree in mathematics and economics at the Bombay University. He moved to Canada in the year 1975. In Canada (Toronto), Mistry worked as clerk in a bank. But at the same time he studied English and Philosophy part time at the Toronto University. It was while he was a university student in Canada that Rohinton began to write and publish fiction.

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OAS_AD('Top'); A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Announced November 30, 2001 About The Author Born in Bombay in 1952, Rohinton Mistry immigrated to Canada in 1975 and was employed in a Toronto bank. He began writing stories in 1983 while attending the University of Toronto. He won two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributor's Prize in 1985. In 1987 he published a collection of 11 short stories, Swimming Lessons, and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag (1987), which describes the daily lives of the inhabitants of a Bombay apartment complex. Rohinton Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey , creates a vivid picture of Indian family life and culture as well as tells a story rich in subject matter, characterization and symbolism. It is set in 1971 Bombay, when India went to war over what was later to become Bangladesh. Mistry skillfully parallels public events involving Indira Gandhi with the misfortunes of the novel's principal characters. When Such a Long Journey was published in 1991, it won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award. It was short listed for the prestigious Booker Prize, and for the Trillium Award. It has been translated into German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Japanese.

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