Rohinton Mistry was born into the Parsi community in Bombay and has lived in Toronto since 1975. His first novel, Such A Long Journey, received, among other awards, the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book of the Year. In 1995, A Fine Balance won the second annual Giller Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; it was also shortlisted for Britain's Booker Prize. Mistry is also the author of Swimming Lessons, a collection of short stories.

Books by Rohinton Mistry

A Fine Balance

by Rohinton Mistry - Fiction, Literary Fiction

The time is 1975; the place is India, in an unnamed city by the sea. The corrupt and brutal government has just declared a State of Emergency, and the country is on the edge of chaos. In these precarious circumstances, four characters form an unlikely alliance. Through the dramatic and often shocking turns their lives take, we get an intimate view not only of their world but of India itself, in all its extraordinary variety.

Family Matters

by Rohinton Mistry