TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mistry,Rohinton
TI  - A Fine Balance
SN  - 0771060548 (pbk)
PY  - 1997///, c1995
CY  - Toronto
PB  - McClelland & Stewart
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - 1947-
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Historical Fiction
N1  - « 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
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