A fine balance
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, i...
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| Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House Audio,
2008.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Summary: | With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers -- a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village -- will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future. As the characters move from distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, A Fine Balance creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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| Item Description: | Unabridged. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (20 audio files) : digital |
| Playing Time: | 24:31:46 |
| Format: | Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 690523 KB). |
| ISBN: | 9781415953907 |
| Author Notes: | Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey, received several awards, including the Governor General's Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. It was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and for the Trillium Award. (Bowker Author Biography) |
