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A Fine Balance

Written by: Rohinton Mistry
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
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With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers - a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village - will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future.

As the characters move from distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, A Fine Balance creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state.

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story is great reality of my younger days.it was great narration
it was nice to recollect

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This book is great . I myself would see it as a crime to write anything against it . But...... There is so much despair and not enough hope. Maybe I am not a lover of tragic ending
Otherwise the author is fantastic and his words seeps inside you. And the narrator has done an awesome job .

Not a fine balance actually !!

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I read the book a few years back. Listened it now, has given a fresh perspective. Many people will find it sad and depressing but it's actual representation of life during emergency.

Rohinton Mistry's way of narrating is excellent, He described each character and weaved the story around them wo well that you remember them long after completing the book.

Great story and narration

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could not find the "balance" .. everything story was miserable no happy ending seen

too sad and miserable story..

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I had read the book a few years ago, but the audio version brought it to life. Its a pity there is no silver lining at the end, however, that depends on the reader’s perception. Nice voice modulations, enjoyed it very much.

Great story but sad outcome

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