Mistry, Rohinton  1952- <br/><br/>
A Fine Balance / 
Rohinton Mistry. 
 - Toronto :  McClelland & Stewart ;  1997, c1995. 
 - 713 p. :  cov. ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>« 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 » (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS:  Prologue City by the Sea Four Dreams to Grow In a Village by a River Small Obstacles Mountains Day at the Circus, Night in the Slum On the Move Beautification What Law There Is Sailing Under One Flag The Bright Future Clouded Trace  of Destiny Wedding, Worms, and Sanyas Return of Solitude Family Planning The Circle is Completed Epilogue: 1984 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0771060548 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>India--History --1947---Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical Fiction.