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A fine balance

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A portrait of India featuring four characters. Two are tailors who are forcibly sterilized, one is a student who emigrates, and the fourth is a widowed seamstress who decides to hang on. A tale of cruelty, political thuggery and despair by an Indian from Toronto, author of Such a Long Journey.

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A fine balance, Rohinton Mistry

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2002
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Language
English
Released
2002
Format
Hardcover
ISBN10
0771034806
ISBN13
9780771034800
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First published
1995
Original title
A Fine Balance
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4.35 out of 5
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A portrait of India featuring four characters. Two are tailors who are forcibly sterilized, one is a student who emigrates, and the fourth is a widowed seamstress who decides to hang on. A tale of cruelty, political thuggery and despair by an Indian from Toronto, author of Such a Long Journey.