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"A writer of formidable strength and imagination...these stories are like little bits of life glistening on the page."
-"Toronto Star
"A fine collection...informed by a tone of gentle compassion for seemingly insignificant lives."
-"New York Times
"The crowded, throbbing life of India is brilliantly captured in this series of stories...."
-"Sunday Times, London (U.K.)
"Rohinton Mistry explores quicksand territory with intelligence, compassion, wit, and memorable flair."
-"Los Angeles Times Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-"Toronto Star
"A fine collection...informed by a tone of gentle compassion for seemingly insignificant lives."
-"New York Times
"The crowded, throbbing life of India is brilliantly captured in this series of stories...."
-"Sunday Times, London (U.K.)
"Rohinton Mistry explores quicksand territory with intelligence, compassion, wit, and memorable flair."
-"Los Angeles Times Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"'One of India's finest living novelists.' Observer"
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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Mistry has sucessfully captured the imagination of a child, who lives in an apartment building, and subsequently has adventures. This book is not just a collection of short stories, but an entire saga of the building and its inhabitants seen through the eyes of this young boy who we see growing up and, eventually, moving to Canada. A mixture of traditions, not just Parsi but a mash of all Indian cultures, this is a book which certainly has spice; the humour will sting you, and you won't be able to put this book down till it has finished!
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Firozsha Baag is a block of flats in Bombay and these linked stories, eleven of them, tell the tales of its tenants. They are seen through the eyes of Kersi, first as a boy living with his parents and brother in the flats, and finally as a writer who has emigrated to Canada. These stories are so intimate, I sometimes felt uncomfortable, as if I were seeing things I shouldn't see, laughing at things I shouldn't laugh at. The writing is wonderful and cannot be skipped over. Every word counts. That and the writer's humanity made me keep reading to the end and then start at the beginning again - and order more of his books.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read three of Rohinton Mistry's books and can't agree with another reviewer who felt that they could not get on with his 'short stories' because they did not feel it had the characteristics of his novels.
I felt by the end of the book that all the characters in Firozshabaag had been linked together and with the usual pathos and amusement that shines through his writing.
Rohinton Mistry has been responsible for me making a trip to Mumbai to see areas in his stories and for enlightening me about the Parsi/Zoroastrians.I wanted to know what the Fire Temple and Tower of Silence were, and now I do.
I have one novel and one more book of short stories to go,and just wish he would hurry up and write some more.
I felt by the end of the book that all the characters in Firozshabaag had been linked together and with the usual pathos and amusement that shines through his writing.
Rohinton Mistry has been responsible for me making a trip to Mumbai to see areas in his stories and for enlightening me about the Parsi/Zoroastrians.I wanted to know what the Fire Temple and Tower of Silence were, and now I do.
I have one novel and one more book of short stories to go,and just wish he would hurry up and write some more.
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