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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Rohinton Mistry |
| Narrator: |
John Lee |
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1996 The Man Booker Prize |
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Professional Reviews
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New York Times Book Review: "Those who continue to harp on the inevitable decline of the novel ought to hold off for a while. The unique task of the genre, after all, is truthfulness to human experience in all its variety, and thanks to the great migrations of population in our time, human variety is to be found in replenished abundance all around us....Consider Rohinton Mistry....Rhoninton Mistry needs no infusions of magical realism to vivify the real. The real world, through his eyes, is quite magical enough." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Hardcover - Prebinding
Publisher: Bt Bound (March 01, 2001)
Measurements: 8"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 1.5"(d), 1.3 lbs.
ISBN: 9780613557092 |
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First Line
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The morning express bloated with passengers slowed to a crawl, then lurched forward suddenly, as though to resume full speed. The train's brief deception jolted its riders. The bulge of humans hanging out of the doorway distended perilously, like a soap bubble at its limit. |
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In India during the mid-1970s, after a "state of internal emergency" is declared, four very different people--a widowed seamstress, a student, and a man and his nephew who have fled their village's caste violence--find their lives becoming inextricably intertwined. |
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