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A fine balance
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Author:
Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-
Published:
New York : Vintage Books, 1997.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Vintage International ed.
Physical Desc:
603 pages ; 21 cm
Status:
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PR9199.3 .M494 F56 1997
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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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APA Citation (style guide)

Mistry, R. (1997). A fine balance. 1st Vintage International ed. New York, Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-. 1997. A Fine Balance. New York, Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-, A Fine Balance. New York, Vintage Books, 1997.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Mistry, Rohinton. A Fine Balance. 1st Vintage International ed. New York, Vintage Books, 1997.

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Subjects
LC Subjects
Apartment houses -- Fiction.
City and town life -- Fiction.
India -- History -- 1947- -- Fiction.
India -- History -- Fiction.
Bisac Subjects
Fiction -- Historical.
Fiction -- Literary.
Fiction -- Sagas.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Apartment houses.
City and town life.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
India.
Local Subjects
Realistic.
Other Subjects
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780613557092, 0613557093, 140003065X, 9781400030651, 0679776451, 9780679776451, 0679446451, 9780679446453
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.8, 36 Points

Notes

General Note
"First published in the United States in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1996."
Description
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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Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,5.8,36,SD,Quiz 56456,English fiction.
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