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Title: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, Rohinton Mistry ISBN: 1-4000-3065-X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.53 (398 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must-read-totally engrossing with lovable characters
Comment: Wow, this book was one of THE BEST I have ever read. The author has a very captivating story-telling style and really makes you feel like you are in the book, in the character's lives. Once I started reading, I didn't want to put the book down. Every evening after getting home, I would settle down with a nice cup of tea and read on to find out what would happen next to the characters, especially the trials of the two tailors. Reading this book gave me a new perspective from the poor people eking a living on the streets of India, and how easily many of us indians say "these indians overpopulate the country and that causes so much poverty and suffering". Yes maybe, but the way they were treated by the govt was despicable. Every human being deserves basic human rights and respect, something which was obviously lacking from this story. The ending was a little sad, but left me with hope. People are so different - without giving the story away, it made me realize that even in the face of the hardest trials of life, some still bounce back and carry on with what they can, whereas for others, the reality is too harsh and they cannot face up to it. Overall, it was a truly amazing read and I highly recommend it to everyone.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best books written
Comment: This book is inspiring, wonderful, exhilirating, heartbreaking, uplifting, poignant, colorful, flamboyant, chaotic, and just simply beautiful. It'll stir up emotions of every kind in you as you read it, something I rarely ever experience when reading. The characters, plot and setting are fabulously developed. Mistry has an extraordinarily command over language, describing the simplest of things with such poetry, grace and magic. You'll live along with the characters, you'll feel their joys and their sorrows, no doubt about it. Need a good book that will challenge your intellect and emotional capacity? - then I recommend this book to you.
Rating: 5
Summary: A fine piece of work
Comment: The effect this book had on me is difficult to define. I was at various times exhilarated, moved, devastated, and disgusted at the turn of events in the novel and their effect on the characters. The characters became like real people to me: after reading the book every night I would think about them the next day and wonder what was going to happen next, concerned about their well-being. The author has a way of really making the reader care about the characters and share in their pain and joy. More than anything, the one thing I took away from this book is that I have never really known true hardship, true suffering or real deprivation. The devastation wreaked on the characters by their oppressive government and their culture's evil ideals is difficult to overstate. I knew people in other countries had it bad sometimes, but this book truly made me appreciate being an American - and it truly made me hurt for people living under oppressive regimes. It is also the first time I truly began to imagine what my life would be like were my freedoms and liberties to be taken away. I highly recommend this novel - it may be a long read but it is well worth it. You won't want it to end.
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Title: Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry ISBN: 0679738711 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry ISBN: 037570342X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Fall On Your Knees (Oprah #45) by Ann-Marie MacDonald ISBN: 0743237188 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 24 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Namesake : A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri ISBN: 0395927218 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Bel Canto: A Novel by Ann Patchett ISBN: 0060934417 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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