A Fine Balance
by Mistry, Rohinton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771060521
- ISBN 13
- 9780771060526
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1995. First printing. Lightly bumped on ends of spine, backstrip pulled away at head of spine, glue showing through along gutter on pastedowns, faint smudge (1/4 inch) on bottom edge, else very good plus. Pages clean and binding firm. DJ wrinkled along top and bottom edge, else near fine. Winner of the 1995 Giller Prize, short-listed for the 1996 Booker. Also winner of Britain's 1996 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for the best regional work by a Commonwealth writer. Note: heavy, oversized book - 748 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
A Fine Balance is the third book by Rohinton Mistry. Set in Mumbai, India between 1975 and 1977 during the turmoil of The Emergency, a period of expanded government power and crackdowns on civil liberties, this book is about four characters from varied backgrounds—Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash and the young lad Maneck—who come together and develop a bond. First published by McClelland and Stewart in 1995, it won the Giller Prize.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004500
- Title
- A Fine Balance
- Author
- Mistry, Rohinton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771060521
- ISBN 13
- 9780771060526
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Rohinton Mistry, Giller Prize Winner
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian;
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