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Das Gleichgewicht der Welt: Roman by Rohinton Mistry; aus dem Englischen von Matthias Müller is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A Fine Balance is Rohinton Mistry's eagerly awaited second novel and follows his critically acclaimed Such a Long Journey, the book that won three prestigious literary awards in 1991. Set in India in the mid-1970s, A Fine Balance is a richly textured novel which sweeps the reader up into its special world. Large in scope, the narrative focuses on four unlikely people who come together in a flat in the city soon after the government declares a "State of Internal Emergency." Through days of bleakness and hope, their lives become entwined in circumstances no one could have foreseen. There is Dina Dalal, a widow who makes a difficult living as a seamstress, determined not to remarry or rely on her brother's charity; Maneck Kohlah, a student from a hillstation near the Himalays, uprooted from home by his parents' wish to send him to college in the city; and Ishvar and his nephew, Omprakash, tailors by trade, who fleeing caste violence, leave their village in the interiour to find employment. The narrative reaches back in time to follow the stories of these four people - the lives they began with, the places they left behind. This stunning portrayal of a country undergoing change is aliv

Who reads Das Gleichgewicht der Welt: Roman?

Author

Rohinton Mistry; aus dem Englischen von Matthias Müller

Publisher

Krüger, Frankfurt

Published

2012

Language

DE

ISBN

9783810512499

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.34 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14