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Tales from Firozsha Baag

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : Emblem Editions
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551994413

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In these eleven stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside Firozsha Baag, an apartment building in Bombay. Here are Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, and Najamai, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag; Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the young boy whose life threads through the book and who narrates the final story as an adult in Toronto. We see their passions, their worst fears, their betrayals, and their humorous acts of revenge. Witty and poignant, in turns, these intersecting stories create a finely textured mosaic of lives and illuminate a world poised between the old ways and the new.

Swimming Lessons

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525565239

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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. "A fine collection...the volume is informed by a tone of gentle compassion for seemingly insignificant lives."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Such a Long Journey

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : Emblem Editions
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551994406

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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.

Family Matters

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : Emblem Editions
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551994369

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Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry Pdf

Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson’s and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent. But the burden of the illness worsens the already strained family relationships. Soon, their sweet-tempered half-sister, Roxana, is forced to assume sole responsibility for her bedridden father. And Roxana’s husband, besieged by financial worries, devises a scheme of deception involving his eccentric employer at a sporting goods store, setting in motion a series of events that leads to the narrative’s moving outcome. Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Mistry the highest of accolades around the world.

A Fine Balance

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551991382

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A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Pdf

A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry’s stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a “State of Internal Emergency.” Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances – and their fates – become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Mistry’s prose is alive with enduring images and a cast of unforgettable characters. Written with compassion, humour, and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured, and powerful novel written by one of the most gifted writers of our time.

Swimming Lessons, and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040932373

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Swimming Lessons, and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry Pdf

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. "A fine collection...the volume is informed by a tone of gentle compassion for seemingly insignificant lives."--Michiko Kakutani, "New York Times"

Tales from Firozsha Baag

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Library information networks
ISBN : 0771060599

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In these eleven stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside Firozsha Baag, an apartment building in Bombay. Here are Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, and Najamai, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag; Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the young boy whose life threads through the book and who narrates the final story as an adult in Toronto. We see their passions, their worst fears, their betrayals, and their humorous acts of revenge. Witty and poignant, in turns, these intersecting stories create a finely textured mosaic of lives and illuminate a world poised between the old ways and the new.

The Scream

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart Limited
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771061325

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The Scream by Rohinton Mistry Pdf

Rohinton Mistry is arguably Canada’s most beloved and popular writer. His fiction has won prestigious prizes in Canada and around the world. The Oprah’s Book Club selection of his novel A Fine Balance increased Mistry’s already large audience in North America, and in Canada alone to more than a quarter of a million readers. He is working on a new novel, as yet unscheduled, but this delicious little book will be savoured by Mistry’s hungry and devoted fans. 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.

Rohinton Mistry

Author : Peter Morey
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719067154

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The award-winning novelist Rohinton Mistry is recognised as one of the most important contemporary writers. This title suggests how the author's writing can be read in terms of Indian political history and the storytelling conventions typical of Persia and southern Asia.

Tales From Firozsha Baag (Ji)

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Apartment houses
ISBN : 0571218857

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Tales From Firozsha Baag (Ji) by Rohinton Mistry Pdf

In these eleven intersecting stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside this Bombay apartment building. The occupants - from Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, through Najamai, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag, to Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the young boy whose life threads through the book - all express the tensions between the past and the present, between the old world and the new.

Bombay Balchão

Author : Jane Borges
Publisher : Tranquebar
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Mumbai (India)
ISBN : 9389152089

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Bombay Balchão by Jane Borges Pdf

Bombay was the city everyone came to in the early decades of the nineteenth century: among them, the Goans and the Mangaloreans. Looking for safe harbour, livelihood, and a new place to call home. Communities congregated around churches and markets, sharing lord and land with the native East Indians. The young among them were nudged on to the path of marriage, procreation and godliness, though noble intentions were often ambushed by errant love and plain and simple lust. As in the story of Annette and Benji (and Joe) or Michael and Merlyn (and Ellena). Lovers and haters, friends and family, married men and determined singles, churchgoers and abstainers, Bombay Balchão is a tangled tale of ordinary lives - of a woman who loses her husband to a dockyard explosion and turns to bootlegging, a teen romance that drowns like a paper boat, a social misfit rescued by his addiction to crosswords, a wife who tries to exorcise the spirit of her dead mother-in-law from her husband, a rebellious young woman who spurns true love for the abandonment of dance. Ordinary, except when seen through their own eyes.

Indian English Fiction

Author : K. V. Surendran
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 8176252557

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Indian English Fiction by K. V. Surendran Pdf

This Book Will Be Of Use To The Scholars Who Take Up Indian English Fiction For Their Researchand Also To All Those Who Are Interested In Familiarising Themselves With The Recent Trends In This Area.

Tropes and Territories

Author : Marta Dvorak,W.H. New
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780773575714

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Tropes and Territories by Marta Dvorak,W.H. New Pdf

Tropes and Territories demonstrates how current debates in postcolonial criticism bear on the reading, writing, and status of short fiction. These debates, which hinge on competing definitions of "trope" (motif vs rhetorical turn) and "territory" (political or aesthetic), lead to studies of space, place, influence, and writing and reading practices across cultural divides. The essays also explore the character of diasporic writing, the cultural significance of oral tale-telling, and interconnections between socio/political issues and strategies of style.

Diwali in Muzaffarnagar

Author : Tanuj Solanki
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789352775941

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Diwali in Muzaffarnagar by Tanuj Solanki Pdf

Winner of the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar Award Muzaffarnagar, the infamous north Indian town that's a byword for unrest, and where skirmishes are prone to break out ever so often. This is a place where teenage love and friendships are tested by the violence that threatens to spill out at the slightest provocation. A town that always pulls you back into its ways, no matter how cosmopolitan the city has made you.In Diwali in Muzaffarnagar - Tanuj Solanki's new book of short stories after Neon Noon - young men and women straddle the past and the present, the metropolis and the small town, and also the parallel needs of life: solitude and family.Advance Praise for Diwali in MuzaffarnagarIntimacy and inevitable grief collide often in these haunting stories of kinship and frayed ties. Solanki writes with great sensitivity about women and men who circle around their roles in families and society, seeking identities that free them from the past, even as its hold on them remains insoluble. These are stories that ache with love, and brave the knowledge that only rarely does love transcend its attendant pain. -Sharanya ManivannanSolanki not only surprises me with his craft and voice but also revives my interest in short stories. His observations are precise, his language lyrical and his style extremely pleasing. Diwali in Muzaffarnagar is not just another collection of well-written stories. It is a reminder that we have a goldmine of tales from which gifted writers like Solanki can bring us dazzling pieces. - Anees SalimSolanki gradually opens a door into a fascinating world, putting to the sword patronizing myths about small-town India. - Prayaag AkbarSolanki's stories are brilliantly nuanced, that quintessential mofussil north Indian town - Muzaffarnagar, in this case - reflected in them with all its intimacy and prejudices. The small town is never romanticized, though, and there is an admirable matter-of-fact quality to how the stories progress and end. - Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Neither Night Nor Day

Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Short stories, Pakistani (English)
ISBN : 8172236913

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Neither Night Nor Day by Rakhshanda Jalil Pdf

An Entrepreneur In Bosnia, A Ghost In The Elevator, A Deaf-Mute Father Who Dies Yearning For His Son'S Acceptance, A Fantastical Kingdom Of People Without Tongues, A Young Girl On The Threshold Of Marriage And Death This Collection Of Stories Takes Us Through The Strange And Often Twisted Realities That Shape Our Lives. We Meet The Pragmatic Dina Lal Who Trades Religion For Safety In Anti-Hindu Pakistan, A Still-Dignified Narjis On Her Last Journey While Her Child Sleeps In The Arms Of Her Jailor, And Several Others Young And Old, Male And Female As They Wrestle With The Dile Mmas Of Conflicting Cultures And Ideologies. An Eclectic Mix Of Thirteen Stories By Pakistan'S Finest Women Writers, Neither Night Nor Day Explores Milieus Both Old And Contemporary And Exposes, In The Process, The Underbelly Of A Society Where The Spectres Of History Continue To Chase Time.