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Rohinton Mistry

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Balansekunst, utgitt i 1995, er Rohinton Mistrys tredje bok. Handlingen er satt til Mumbai, India fra selvstendigheten i 1947 til unntakstilstanden i 1975, og omhandler fire karakterer fra forskjellige bakgrunner – Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, hans nivø Omprakash og unggutten Maneck. Boken ble filmatisert i 2006, utgitt …

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Rohinton Mistry’s enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait of present-day Bombay in all its vitality and corruption. At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinson’s disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His …

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Such a Long Journey is a 1991 novel by Rohinton Mistry. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other awards. In 2010 the book made headlines when it was withdrawn from the University of Mumbai's English syllabus after complaints from the family of the Hindu nationalist politician Bal Thackeray.

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Tales From Firozsha Baag is a collection of 11 short stories by Rohinton Mistry about the residents of Firozsha Baag, a Parsi-dominated apartment complex in Mumbai. Mistry's first book, it was published by Penguin Canada in 1987. Although all the stories deal with the same location, many were written without the aim …

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