出版社: Emblem Editions
出版年: 1997-4-5
ISBN: 9780771060540
页数: 736
装帧: Paperback
定价: CAD 24.99
内容简介 · · · · · ·
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry’s stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a “State of Internal Emergency.” Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances – and their fates – become inextricably link...
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry’s stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a “State of Internal Emergency.” Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances – and their fates – become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Mistry’s prose is alive with enduring images and a cast of unforgettable characters. Written with compassion, humour, and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured, and powerful novel written by one of the most gifted writers of our time.
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Rohinton Mistry is considered to be one of the foremost authors of Indian heritage writing in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry belongs to the Parsi Zoroastrian religious minority.
Mistry’s first novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), brought him national and international recognition. Mistry’s subsequent novels have achieved the same level of recognition as hi...
Rohinton Mistry is considered to be one of the foremost authors of Indian heritage writing in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry belongs to the Parsi Zoroastrian religious minority.
Mistry’s first novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), brought him national and international recognition. Mistry’s subsequent novels have achieved the same level of recognition as his first. His second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), concerns four people from Bombay who struggle with family and work against the backdrop of the political unrest in India during the mid-1970s. The book won Canada’s Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Booker Prize.
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A Fine Balance的书评 · · · · · · ( 全部 187 条 )
作者到底是菩萨心肠还是铁石心肠?
印度,当你读到绝望时你在读些什么
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提起印度绝大多数读者首先想到的会是奈保尔,其不朽之作纪实作品“印度三部曲”(《幽黯国度》、《印度:受伤的文明》及《印度:百万叛乱的今天》)脍炙人口,格里高利·大卫·罗伯兹的自传式小说《项塔兰》同样为一时之选,而同为纪实游记,来自国人郑宸的《罗摩桥》亦同样杰... (展开)比悲伤更悲伤的,是毫无指望的活着
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迟子建写过一本小说《世界上所有的夜晚》,讲述的是一个失去丈夫的女人一路上的见闻,她以为自己是世界上最不幸的人,就好像世界上所有的夜晚都连在了一起。 《大地之上》讲述的也是一个这样悲伤的故事,甚至比悲伤还要悲伤,故事的主角们生活在上世纪七十年代的印度,当时印度... (展开)有时能活着,就足以让人热泪盈眶!
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10 有用 Arcadia 2015-02-13 22:14:30
读过最惨的书,英迪拉·甘地执政时期印度底层民众苦难史,跨越各个种姓,各个宗教。深深的无力和绝望,印度已烂到根里。作者是信奉琐罗亚斯德教的帕西人,一直以为该教随着波斯王朝一起覆灭了
0 有用 RhymePlaya 2026-02-07 20:21:13 福建
从23年底开始看到goodread推荐后就断断续续地读的原版。最近带娃去印尼旅游一路上把剩下的读完了。感觉想要多写一点,对最后Maneck的结局有些意难平啊。
1 有用 QueSeraSera_ 2022-02-02 18:01:10
“Our lives are but a sequence of accidents- a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life.” 印度版的《活着》,对Maneck的感受和想法最有共... “Our lives are but a sequence of accidents- a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life.” 印度版的《活着》,对Maneck的感受和想法最有共鸣。 (展开)
0 有用 伊蕾梨铃 2023-01-05 14:39:23 北京
第一次阅读印度题材的作品,竟是如此杰作,恢宏、细腻、残酷、温馨,掩卷沉思,或许只能哀叹命运的残酷、人生的无常,并默默向每一个勇敢活下去的人致敬。
1 有用 树下听蝉 2014-11-03 10:05:47
印度 !印度!