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100 1 _aMistry, Rohinton
_d1952-
245 1 2 _aA Fine Balance /
_cRohinton Mistry.
260 _aToronto :
_bMcClelland & Stewart ;
_c1997, c1995.
300 _a713 p. :
_bcov. ill. ;
_c24 cm.
505 _a« 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)
505 _aCONTENTS:
505 _aPrologue
505 _aCity by the Sea
505 _aFour Dreams to Grow
505 _aIn a Village by a River
505 _aSmall Obstacles
505 _aMountains
505 _aDay at the Circus, Night in the Slum
505 _aOn the Move
505 _aBeautification
505 _aWhat Law There Is
505 _aSailing Under One Flag
505 _aThe Bright Future Clouded
505 _aTrace of Destiny
505 _aWedding, Worms, and Sanyas
505 _aReturn of Solitude
505 _aFamily Planning
505 _aThe Circle is Completed
505 _aEpilogue: 1984
650 _aIndia
_xHistory
_y1947-
_vFiction.
655 _aHistorical Fiction.
856 _uhttps://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/115368/fine-balance#9780771060540
_zPublisher's Website.
856 _uhttps://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/show/140266026
_zCheck the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) for availability.
942 _2z
_cBK