Rohinton Mistry

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Caption: Rohinton Mistry, pictured above in 2013, is the author of A Fine Balance, Family Matters and Such a Long Journey. (F. Mistry)

Rohinton Mistry is the author of three classic novels — Family Matters, A Fine Balance and Such a Long Journey — all of which were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 1995, he won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for A Fine Balance, which follows the lives of four people as they become enmeshed in the political turmoil of mid-1970s India. In 2013, A Fine Balance was selected by the public as the greatest Giller Prize-winning book of the past 20 years, and was named the Giller of all Gillers.

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Interviews with Rohinton Mistry

Media Audio | Archives : Rohinton Mistry on A Fine Balance

Caption: The award-winning Indian-born author describes the inspiration for his latest book.

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