Family Matters

Mistry, Rohinton

ISBN 10: 0375403736 / ISBN 13: 9780375403736

Editore: Knopf, 2002

Codice articolo 0375403736-3-31925720

Riassunto:

In mid-1990s Bombay, India, Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, lives in a crumbling apartment with his two middle-aged stepchildren--the mild-mannered Jal and his bitter, domineering sister, Coomy, who plots to turn over the round-the-clock care of her stepfather to her sweet-tempered younger sister, Roxana. 75,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull?autore: Rohinton Mistry is the author of a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987), and three internationally acclaimed novels, Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1995), and Family Matters (2002). His fiction has won many prestigious international awards, including The Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Governor General’s Award, the Canada-Australia Literary Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, The Royal Society of Literature’s Winifred Holtby Award, and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction. A Fine Balance was also an Oprah’s Book Club® selection.

Born in Bombay in 1952, Rohinton Mistry came to Canada in 1975.

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Titolo: Family Matters
Casa editrice: Knopf
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: hardcover
Condizione: Good