1. Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry
The Parsis and India become metaphors for the human experience in Mistry's fiction. ... Like its predecessor, A Fine Balance treats India both kindly and harshly. ... Yet Mistry seems little concerned with such matters, and his three stories about Asians in Canada that appear in Tales from Firozsha Baag lack the immediacy that Mukherjee and Divkaruni attain. ... Asked if this dependence on memory rather than reality causes problems in his fictional re-creation of India, Mistry explained: "Some people might say it's arrogant of me not to live there and assume that I know everythin...
- Word Count: 4675
- Approx Pages: 19
- Grade Level: Undergraduate
