Rohinton Mistry is considered to be one of the foremost authors of Indian heritage writing in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry belongs to the Parsi Zoroastrian religious minority.
Mistry’s first novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), brought him national and international recognition. Mistry’s subsequent novels have achieved the same level of recognition as his first. His second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), concerns four people from Bombay who struggle with family and work against the backdrop of the political unrest in India during the mid-1970s. The book won Canada’s Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Booker Prize.
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry’s stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a “State of Internal Emergency.” Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances – and their fates – become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Mistry’s prose is alive with enduring images and a cast of unforgettable characters. Written with compassion, humour, and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured, and powerful novel written by one of the most gifted writers of our time.
這本關於印度的書,講訴的是在種姓製度下低種姓人麵對高種姓人的欺壓而奮起反抗,但最終還是不得善果的淒慘故事,同時穿插的還有襖教婦女從小被兄權欺壓,獨立求生,但仍處處受製於社會,受製於金錢,最終還是無奈搬迴兄長傢過著寄人籬下的半奴隸生活。另外還有個少年,本是在...
評分小說是一個民族的秘史,是一個國傢隱形、細微的記錄。相較之下,不少教科書對一國一地的記載都大而無當,隻有枯燥的人名和冰冷的年代數字組成的機械事件,以及地名和物産的簡單羅列;而那些花花綠綠的旅遊書,很多則極盡個人抒情和拼命美化之能事,浮光掠影地走馬觀花,與真實...
評分 評分 評分小說是一個民族的秘史,是一個國傢隱形、細微的記錄。相較之下,不少教科書對一國一地的記載都大而無當,隻有枯燥的人名和冰冷的年代數字組成的機械事件,以及地名和物産的簡單羅列;而那些花花綠綠的旅遊書,很多則極盡個人抒情和拼命美化之能事,浮光掠影地走馬觀花,與真實...
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评分讀過最慘的書,英迪拉·甘地執政時期印度底層民眾苦難史,跨越各個種姓,各個宗教。深深的無力和絕望,印度已爛到根裏。作者是信奉瑣羅亞斯德教的帕西人,一直以為該教隨著波斯王朝一起覆滅瞭
评分Compendium of human misery. I see no balance.
评分讀過最慘的書,英迪拉·甘地執政時期印度底層民眾苦難史,跨越各個種姓,各個宗教。深深的無力和絕望,印度已爛到根裏。作者是信奉瑣羅亞斯德教的帕西人,一直以為該教隨著波斯王朝一起覆滅瞭
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