Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Oklahoma The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. ... It is not the history or the actuality that attracts in Mistry's fiction, but the way he uses these elements. ... I just don't recognize this dismal, dreary city. ... If she wanted to make the case that she did not like the book there were far better ways to do it than to say something so, so . . . ... The middle-class Parsis who inhabit the residential block known as Firozsha Baag come to life in these elev...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Oklahoma The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. ... It is not the history or the actuality that attracts in Mistry's fiction, but the way he uses these elements. ... I just don't recognize this dismal, dreary city. ... If she wanted to make the case that she did not like the book there were far better ways to do it than to say something so, so . . . ... The middle-class Parsis who inhabit the residential block known as Firozsha Baag come to life in these e...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate