Rohinton Mistry

Esta obra maestra cuenta la vida de cuatro personas en la India de los años setenta que, forzadas por la necesidad, aprenden a mantener un equilibrio perfecto entre la esperanza y la desesperación. Estamos en 1975, en una ciudad india junto al mar. El gobierno acaba de declarar el estado de emergencia, y dada la escasez de vivienda cuatro personas se ven obligadas a compartir un pequeño apartamento. Forman un cuarteto especial: Dina, una costurera de cuarenta años viuda desde hace veinte y decidida a no volverse a casar. Maneck, que dejo su pueblo de montaña obligado por sus padres a abandonar el hogar para estudiar en la ciudad. El optimista Ishvar y su sobrino Omprakash, dos sastres que han huido de la terrible violencia de castas que existe en su pequeña aldea de origen. Unidos solo por el hilo impersonal de la necesidad comun, estos cuatro personajes ven como sus vidas se entretejen de manera inexplicable e inseparable. La confianza, el humor y el afecto, que crecen gradualmente entre ellos, se convierten en un baluarte contra los rigores y las maquinaciones de la vida diaria, manteniendolos unidos tanto para lo bueno como para lo malo. Novela ganadora de los premios Giller, Commonwealth Writter y Los Angeles Times. Esta novela pertenece al #FondoDeEditor de Literatura Random HouseNi la injusticia, ni la pobreza, ni la desesperacion desplazan la belleza de esta historia atemporal y comprometida. Una novela a la que volver.Claudio Lopez LamadridReseñas:Una obra genial. Tendrian que leerla todos los que aman los libros, deberia ganar todos los premios.Literary Review Una obra maestra. [...] Como toda gran ficcion, transforma nuestra forma de entender la vida.The Guardian (UK) Una increible novela [...] llena de sabiduria y carcajadas y toques de una inesperada familiaridad durante una lectura que ilumina la vida.Wall Street JournalPocos son los que han recogido tan bien como Mistry la verdadera melancolia y la inexplicable fuerza de la India, la incomprensible criminalidad y la dulzura.Time Un perfecto equilibrio tiene la ambicion panoramica y la numerosisima nomina de caracteres de las ficciones balzaquianas o tolstoianas.La VanguardiaAdemas de alta literatura, de lo mas recomendable para conocer la India sin escenario, la India desnuda de sus habitantes cotidianos.El Pais Esta novela tiene el coraje de recordar y reafirmar quienes somos, individualmente; siguiendola tradicion de las grandes novelas, celebra la luminosidad y la insaciabilidad del espiritu humano.Globe and Mail Una destacada obra maestra escrita por un genio.The Independent

Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a State of Internal Emergency. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic yet humane, intensely political yet rich with local delight

Rohinton Mistry L''Equilibre du monde Voici le grand roman de l''Inde contemporaine, réaliste, foisonnant, inspiré - traversé par le souffle d''un Hugo ou d''un Dickens. L''histoire se déroule au co

Such a Long Way is set in (what was then) Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family. Rohinton Mistry grew up in Bombay, India, where he also attended university. His debut novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and the Governor General''s Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was made into an acclaimed feature film in 1998. His second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), won many prestigious awards, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, as well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize. His collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag, was published in 1987. In 2002 Faber published Mistry''s third novel, Family Matters, which was longlisted for the 2002 Booker.

Such a Long Journey is set in Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family. Such a Long Journey is a brilliant first novel by one of the most remarkable writers to have emerged from the Indian literary tradition in many years. It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize.

Som a Bombai a mitjans dels anys noranta, entremig de dificultats econòmiques i divisions religioses. Nariman Vakeel,malalt de parkinson,és el patriarca vidu d''una petita família parsi que contínuam

Als geachteter Patriarch der Familie: so würde Nariman Vakeel in Bombay gern seinem Alter entgegensehen. Aber die Harmonie in seiner Familie ist brüchig. Er lebt bei seinen Stiefkindern, die ihm vorwerfen, ihre verstorbene Mutter nie richtig geliebt zu haben. Als er nach einem Unfall gepflegt werden muss, schieben sie ihn zu seiner Tochter Roxana ab, die mit ihrem Mann Yezad und zwei Kindern in einer engen Wohnung lebt. So sehr Roxana ihren Vater liebt, so sehr auch Yezad und die Kinder versuchen, den alten Mann in ihr Leben aufzunehmen, wird die Situation doch zur Belastung - und die Versuche, das Leben zu bewältigen, haben dramatische Folgen. Yezad wird von dem ganz Bombay ergreifenden Lotteriefieber erfasst und verspielt sein knappes Gehalt, dann will er seinen Chef für eine Lokalpolitikerkarriere begeistern, um so selbst befördert zu werden. Nariman flüchtet sich immer mehr in Erinnerungen an seine erste verbotene Liebe zu der Christin Lucy, und Roxana versucht heimlich eine Versöhnung mit den Stiefgeschwistern zu erreichen. Und dann scheint es, als könne alles gut werden.

The long-awaited new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author. Family Matters is an intricate story of domestic conflict set against modern-day Bombay. The story centres on a 79-year-old Parsi widower named Nariman who lives with his step-son and step-daughter. Nariman''s wife died many years before, leaving behind the two children from her first marriage and the daughter, Roxana, they had together. Wanting above all for Roxana not to have to live with him in this ''house of unhappiness'' as he calls it, Nariman spent all his money to give her and her husband, Yezad, a place of their own. Now, beset by Parkinson''s Disease, Nariman tries to endure his family''s protectiveness until he finally defies their wishes and ventures outside. He falls and hurts his ankle and after a brief stay in hospital comes home more needy and cantankerous than ever. His step-children can''t cope and Nariman goes to live with Roxana and Yezad. This sets in motion a series of events which do nothing to assuage growing family conflict and the unravelling of affections. Once again this author has created a beautifully realised world with all too human characters.This novel has all the richness, the compassion and the narrative sweep that have earned Rohinton Mistry the highest of accolades and prizes around the world. It is a stunning achievement.