The four main characters are Dina Dayal (formerly Shroff) her two employees, an uncle-nephew duo of tailors, Ishvar and Omprakash Darji and her tenant, Maneck Kohlah, son of her friend and studying refrigeration. Sad and horrible things happen to characters from the beginning to the end with a slim section of happiness and hope in the middle. It is tragic but not in the Greek tragedy way. The novel is nevertheless interesting and would probably make a good Hollywood movie. It reminded me of Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel, and its scope is as large as the Mahabharata. There are numerous histories of the four main characters and their previous generations. It is a wonderful book set in Mumbai between 1975-1984 (Indira Gandhi’s Emergency features prominently), but it is still too long.

Wittgenstein’s Mistress by David MarksonĪ Fine Balance (1995) is Rohinton Mistry‘s second novel, after Such A Long Journey.

Always the Last to Know by Kristan Higgins.

The Sober Lush by Amanda Eyre Ward and Jardine Libaire.

It is Wood, It Is Stone by Gabriella Burnham.

The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah.Chile film adaptation indigenous literature japan literature magical realism postcolonial postmodern science fiction south asian theory third world feminism Uncategorized Tags afghanistan a fine balance africa african-american aime cesaire albuquerque amitav ghosh ana castillo anita desai bangladesh bharati mukherjee bluest eye brick lane business caste class commodity and capitalism community decolonizing the mind diaspora discourse on colonialism female solidarity food gandhi gender roles graphic novel gunny sack haruki murakami historical novel home hopscotch identity immigrant independence india isabel allende jasmine julio cortazar kanthapura khaled hosseni language latin america lesson plans love love medicine magical realism marxism metanarrative monica ali moor multiethnic narration native american ngugi wa thiongo parsi patriarchy politics popular culture postcolonial postmodern raja rao religion r k narayan rohinton mistry shadow lines so far from god spanish storytelling tariq ali teaching the guide the house of the spirits third world feminism toni morrison vassanji Recent Posts

A fine balance maneck