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Rohinton Mistry


Born
in Bombay, India
July 03, 1952

Genre
Literary Fiction, Fiction


Rohinton Mistry is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He has been the recipient of many awards including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012. Each of his first three novels was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His novels to date have been set in India, told from the perspective of Parsis, and explore themes of family life, poverty, discrimination, and the corrupting influence of society.

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Average rating: 4.3 · 201,347 ratings · 14,818 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors
A Fine Balance
4.38 avg rating — 159,717 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions
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Family Matters
4.03 avg rating — 24,581 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions
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Such a Long Journey
3.96 avg rating — 11,566 ratings — published 1991 — 17 editions
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Swimming Lessons and Other ...
3.93 avg rating — 4,588 ratings — published 1987 — 51 editions
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The Scream
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3.53 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 2006
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Threebies: Rohinton Mistry
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2003
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Swimming Lessons
3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Collectors
3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Of White Hairs and Cricket
2.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1986
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The More Important Things
3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1989
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“The human face has limited space. If you fill it with laughter there will be no room for crying.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
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“Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
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“...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
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Polls

1st Quarter 2023 Long Read Poll

The Cider House Rules by John Irving, 973 pages, 1985
 
  54 votes, 22.1%

 
  40 votes, 16.4%

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, 1995, 603 pp
 
  36 votes, 14.8%

Centennial by James A. Michener, 1974, 1056pp
 
  32 votes, 13.1%

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 1943, 704 pp
 
  32 votes, 13.1%

 
  28 votes, 11.5%

Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon, 1997, 773 pp
 
  22 votes, 9.0%

244 total votes
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