Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

Rohinton Mistry's enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait of present-day Bombay in all its vitality and corruption. At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinson's disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His step-children, Coomy and Jal, have a spacious apartment (in the inaptly named Chateau Felicity), but are too squeamish and resentful to tend to his physical needs.
Nariman must now turn to his younger daughter, Roxana, her husband, Yezad, and their two sons, who share a small, crowded home. Their decision will test not only their material resources but, in surprising ways, all their tolerance, compassion, integrity, and faith. Sweeping and intimate, tragic and mirthful, Family Matters is a work of enormous emotional power.

Rohinton Mistry is the author of Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987), a collection of short stories, and three novels: Such a Long Road (1991), A Fine Balance (1995), and Family Matters (2002), all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His novels have won the Giller Prize, the Governor-General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the L.A. Times Book Prize, among others. The Times Book Prize is awarded to the best book published in the United Kingdom Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay and has lived in Canada since 1975. He was nominated for the Man Booker International Award in 2011 and received the Neustadt International Prize for Writing in 2012. His work has been translated into more than 35 languages.

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ISBN 13	9780771061271
ISBN 10	0771061277
Title	Family Matters
Author	Rohinton Mistry
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	McClelland & Stewart Inc.
Year published	2002-04-30
Number of pages	600
Prizes	Winner of Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize - Fiction 2002., Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2002.
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