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Rohinton Mistry

Rohinton Mistry is the author of three classic novels: Family Matters, A Fine Balance and Such a Long Journey.
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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.

Books by Rohinton Mistry

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Interviews with Rohinton Mistry

Digital Archives4:53Rohinton Mistry on A Fine Balance
The award-winning Indian-born author describes the inspiration for his latest book. 4:53

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