1. Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry
Hancock continues to stress how well Mistry has done in such a short time and proposes, "Is writing a gift you have?" ... Only the Italian-born daughter-in-law remains to carry on the dynasty. ... In reply to Greer's criticism, Mistry retorted: "She wants to say that those four months teaching the daughters of high society put her in a better position to judge India than I am in, having grown up there and spent 23 years before emigrating? ... Both writers catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ruin, the chaos, but at the same time engage its immense vitality ...
- Word Count: 4675
- Approx Pages: 19
- Grade Level: Undergraduate