The Resource A fine balance, a novel by Rohinton Mistry
A fine balance, a novel by Rohinton Mistry
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- Language
- eng
- Label
- A fine balance
- Title
- A fine balance
- Statement of responsibility
- a novel by Rohinton Mistry
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- India -- History -- 1947- -- Fiction
- Apartment houses -- Fiction
- truePoor people -- India
- Domestic fiction
- City and town life -- Fiction
- trueIndia -- History -- 1947-1971
- trueIndia -- Politics and government -- 1947-1971
- trueStrangers
- truePolitical fiction
- trueWidows
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueApartment houses -- India
- trueCity life -- India
- truePolitical corruption
- trueTailors
- trueStudents
- Apartment houses -- India -- Fiction
- City and town life -- India -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 <I>Such a Long Journey.</I>
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 1997.
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book, 1996.
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Caribbean and Canada: Best Book, 1996.
- Giller Prize, 1995.
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1996.
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- 005230
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.3.M494
- LC item number
- F56 1996
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A fine balance, a novel by Rohinton Mistry
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 8515141
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 603 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375414817
- Lccn
- 95049317
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780679446088
- (OCoLC)33819149
- Label
- A fine balance, a novel by Rohinton Mistry
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 8515141
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 603 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375414817
- Lccn
- 95049317
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780679446088
- (OCoLC)33819149
Subject
- Apartment houses -- Fiction
- trueApartment houses -- India
- Apartment houses -- India -- Fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- City and town life -- Fiction
- City and town life -- India -- Fiction
- trueCity life -- India
- Domestic fiction
- Historical fiction
- India -- History -- 1947- -- Fiction
- trueIndia -- History -- 1947-1971
- trueIndia -- Politics and government -- 1947-1971
- trueLiterary fiction
- truePolitical corruption
- truePolitical fiction
- truePoor people -- India
- trueStrangers
- trueStudents
- trueTailors
- trueWidows
Genre
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- truePolitical fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1997
- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book
- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book: Regional Award: Caribbean & Canada
- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: Fiction
- trueScotiabank Giller Prize
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