A Fine Balance

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• A Fine Balance By Rohinton Mistry

  Rohinton Mistry's fine novel, A Fine Balance, with its non-Western setting, differs from most of the books chosen for Oprah's Book Club, but I'm delighted that the novel, and now this audio, wonderfully narrated by Madhur Jaffrey, have gotten renewed ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

• States of Emergency

  “ Un roman est un miroir…” Stendhal said. “A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road.” Of course, not all novelists choose to carry mirrors of p ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Mon, 23 Aug 2010

10 Reviews

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  One of my absolute favourite books, though I've never been able to read it a second time because it's too emotionally draining.

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  Hold Your Spin said on Dec 4, 2006 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  Not a happy book but very good read!

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  Lgpitre said on Feb 6, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  A Fine Balance

  A haunting, exotic, tragic epic

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  Readingrat said on Dec 28, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A wonderfully written book

  An amazing piece of literature that keeps you hooked till the very last page. Having said that, A Fine Balance is the one book that broke my heart. The description of everyday life in India of the lower classes, is so realistically painful that I had to stop reading it and get back to it a fe ... (continue)

  An amazing piece of literature that keeps you hooked till the very last page. Having said that, A Fine Balance is the one book that broke my heart. The description of everyday life in India of the lower classes, is so realistically painful that I had to stop reading it and get back to it a few days later. A must, though, for those who appreciate excellent writing.

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  Wild Raccoon said on Jul 6, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A Fine Balance

  A wonderful novel depicting one of the many difficult periods in India's history, the 1970's 'State of Internal Emergency' I got really immersed in this one, what a cruel world we live in. I felt so very sad for the main characters and the way they coped with everything that life threw at them. Life ... (continue)

  A wonderful novel depicting one of the many difficult periods in India's history, the 1970's 'State of Internal Emergency' I got really immersed in this one, what a cruel world we live in. I felt so very sad for the main characters and the way they coped with everything that life threw at them. Life never seemed to improve either, just got steadily worse! I recommend this highly.

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  Lindyloumac said on Aug 28, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Remarkable

  The end was disappointing for me.

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  Step Bp said on May 12, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 603 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0679446087
• ISBN-13: 9780679446088
• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf
• Pub date: Apr 01, 1996
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani

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