Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1992. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. First McClelland & Stewart printing, previously published as a PBO by Penguin in 1987. 8vo, soft cover in French flaps. Light wear and some minor creasing to covers. VG+ copy. No inscriptions. SIGNED by the author.

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Rohinton Mistry is the author of three novels, all of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag . His first novel, Such a Long Journey , won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the SmithBooks/ Books in Canada First Novel Award. It was made into an acclaimed feature film in 1998. A Fine Balance was winner of the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize, the Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Award, and Denmark's ALOA Prize. It was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix Femina. In 2002, A Fine Balance was selected for Oprah’s Book Club. Family Matters won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction and the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award. It was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Born in Bombay, Rohinton Mistry has lived in Canada since 1975. He was awarded the Trudeau Fellows Prize in 2004, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009, he was a finalist for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize, and winner of the 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In translation, his work has been published in more than thirty languages.

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Bookseller: Inno Dubelaar Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 785755
Title: Tales from Firozsha Baag. (SIGNED).
Author: Mistry, Rohinton
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus 1st Printing
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0771060599
ISBN 13: 9780771060595
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication: Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1992
Keywords: CANADIAN LITERATURE

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