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A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry Vintage, 2001 lots of pages average review: Reviews: This gets: a from eryka: I can't BELEIVE how good this book is. An epic tale of four people who come together through the magic of India and their karma. The stories of how their lives unfold together during a time rife with pain and uncertainty. An excrutiating read at times, but SO well worth it. From the back cover: 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. eryka.com scale: So good you just can't stand it. Almost that good. Sort of good. Generally a waste of time. Destined for the recycler. If you'd like to review this book, or another, click here Similar books by category: indian fiction | writers from canada Go home | Go to reviews home © 2002 eryka.com. All rights reserved.