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Rohinton Mistry

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in Bombay, India

July 03, 1952

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Rohinton Mistry is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He has been the recipient of many awards including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012. Each of his first three novels was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His novels to date have been set in India, told from the perspective of Parsis, and explore themes of family life, poverty, discrimination, and the corrupting influence of society.

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Average rating: 4.3 · 198,980 ratings · 14,534 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 157,738 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Matters 4.03 avg rating — 24,433 ratings — published 2002 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Such a Long Journey 3.96 avg rating — 11,448 ratings — published 1991 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag 3.93 avg rating — 4,529 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scream by Rohinton Mistry, Tony Urquhart (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Threebies: Rohinton Mistry really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swimming Lessons 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collectors 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The More Important Things 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of White Hairs and Cricket 2.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The human face has limited space. If you fill it with laughter there will be no room for crying.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

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“Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

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“...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

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3rd Qtr 2020 Long read poll July-Sept

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe 1794, 654 pages

77 votes, 23.3%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu 1008, 1182 pages

71 votes, 21.5%

Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley 1976, 729 pages

59 votes, 17.8%

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 1995, 603 pages

45 votes, 13.6%

The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek 1923, 752 pages

33 votes, 10.0%

Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope 1865, 847 pages

29 votes, 8.8%

Advise and Consent by Allen Drury 1959, 616 pages

17 votes, 5.1%

331 total votes

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