In mid-1970s India, a "State of Internal Emergency" has been declared. Four disparate people find their lives connected in ways that are as inextricable as they are unexpected. A housing shortage brings them together as roommates in an apartment: they are a widow determined not to remarry, a student from the Himalayas, and a man and his nephew ...
In Bombay, a retired professor named Nariman Vakeel looks back on his life, and specifically his failure to marry the woman he really loved, instead submitting to an arranged marriage. He lives now with his stepchildren, but when he breaks an ankle he is sent to the home of his own daughter to be cared for. This KING LEAR-derived tale presents a ...
Gustad Noble is a clerk in a Bombay bank. During Indira Gandhi's rule over India, at the outset of the war with Bangladesh, Gustad is plunged into a whirlwind of political and social upheaval. Eventually, he becomes a minor player in Indian governmental intrigue. Mistry provides in-depth portraits of Gustad's friends and his family, and details ...
A series of stories which feature the residents of apartment complex in Bombay, and the daily routine and rhythm of their lives, such as the visits of the egg man, biscuitman and fishwalla, and the rag man's song.
In mid-1970s India, a "State of Internal Emergency" has been declared. Four disparate people find their lives connected in ways that are as inextricable as they are unexpected. A housing shortage brings them together as roommates in an apartment: they are a widow determined not to remarry, a student from the Himalayas, and a man and his nephew ...
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 ...
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Date Published: 1985
Description: Very Good. 9" x 6"; 134 pp. Card-stock wraps. Contains "The Road to Rhu and Cairn an'Dorin (The Cairn of Sorrow) ", a poem by Alistair MacLeod and "One Sunday", a short (11 pages) piece of fiction by Rohinton Mistry. Also present are 12 pages of b/w reproductions of watercolours by Nicola Wheston printed on a gloss calendar stock paper. Minor wear to the cover edges.; Periodical. read more
Description: Fine. Paperback, Like New, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases. (Near Fine), German text, light edge wear. All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Círculo de Lectores, SA, Barcel
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9788422675860ISBN:8422675862
Description: New in New jacket. Brand New Hardcover with dust jacket, Spanish text, clean, tight, unmarked, still in original publishers shrink wrap. North American Orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. International orders are shipped on Tuesdays and Friday's. read more
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