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.
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A Fine Balance
von Rohinton Mistry
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.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von Mima3000What a blast. Mistry webt unterschiedliche Schicksale die das Indien in den Jahren des Emergency hervorgebracht hat zusammen. Manchmal komisch, meist tragisch, verfolgt man die Schneider Ishvar und Omprakash, die Witwe Dina und den Studenten Maleck. Politische Umwälzungen wie die Teilung Indiens oder die diktatorischen Jahre des Ausnahmezustands unter Indira Gandhi werden in dem Roman in die Biografien der Proragonist*innen gewoben und so das persönliche Ringen um ein gutes Leben mit dem Ringen einer zutiefst ungleichen Gesellschaft im postkolonialen Zeitalter verbunden. Es ist zum Heulen traurig und bitter aber nie unrealistisch oder „too much“.
Rezension von Lorena„I've done lots of jobs. Right now, I'm a hair collector." "That's good", said Ishvar tentatively. "What do you have to do as a hair-collector?" "Collect hair." "And there is money in that?" "Oh very big business. There is a great demand for hair in foreign countries." "What do they do with it? Asked Om skeptical." "Many different things. Mostly they wear it.Sometimes they paint it in different colors-red, yellow, brown, blue. Foreign women enjoy wearing other people's hair. Men also, especially if they are bald. In foreign countries they fear baldness. They are so rich in foreign countries, they can afford to fear all kinds of silly things.“