{"product_id":"a-fine-balance","title":"A Fine Balance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.” — \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIndia, 1975. An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide forever. In the tiny flat of the widowed \u003cstrong\u003eDina Dalal\u003c\/strong\u003e, two tailors driven from their village — \u003cstrong\u003eIshvar Darji\u003c\/strong\u003e and his nephew \u003cstrong\u003eOmprakash\u003c\/strong\u003e — and \u003cstrong\u003eManeck Kohlah\u003c\/strong\u003e, a young student down from a Himalayan hill-station, begin painfully constructing new lives together. Their fates become entwined in circumstances none of them could have foreseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn epic panorama of modern India in all its corruption, violence and heroism, \u003cem\u003eA Fine Balance\u003c\/em\u003e is Rohinton Mistry's prize-winning masterpiece — a Dickensian modern classic brimming with compassion, humour and insight, and a hymn to the human spirit in an inhuman state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A masterpiece of illumination and grace. Like all great fiction, it transforms our understanding of life.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eGuardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Magical.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Monumental.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eTime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Astonishing.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAwards \u0026amp; honours\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e, 1996\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Giller Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e, 1995\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e for Best Book\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e for Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eShortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNamed by \u003cem\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e among the ten greatest Asian novels of all time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRohinton Mistry\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Bombay in 1952 and emigrated to Canada in 1975. He is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eTales from Firozsha Baag\u003c\/em\u003e and three novels — \u003cem\u003eSuch a Long Journey\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Fine Balance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFamily Matters\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eall three of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e. In 2011 his body of work was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, and in 2012 he received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. His work has been published in more than thirty-five languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVikram Seth's \u003cem\u003eA Suitable Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, Arundhati Roy's \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e, Salman Rushdie's \u003cem\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/em\u003e, and the great social novels of Dickens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52046021525720,"sku":"9780571230587","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9780571230587.jpg?v=1785212312","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/a-fine-balance","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}