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| Original Title: | Family Matters |
| ISBN: | 037570342X (ISBN13: 9780375703423) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Mumbai(India) |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (2002), James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002), Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2003), Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2002), Premi Llibreter de narrativa Nominee (2003) |
Rohinton Mistry
Paperback | Pages: 500 pages Rating: 4.02 | 20807 Users | 970 Reviews
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| Title | : | Family Matters |
| Author | : | Rohinton Mistry |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Reprint Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 500 pages |
| Published | : | November 18th 2003 by Vintage (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Canada. Asia. Literature. Contemporary |
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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.Rating Regarding Books Family Matters
Ratings: 4.02 From 20807 Users | 970 ReviewsNotice Regarding Books Family Matters
beautiful, beautiful and again - beautiful. what an amazing book !!'a fine balance' by the same author is also on my top list, and i'm so glad this one made it there as well. i simply don't have enough words to explain this book ... just read it ... now ... :)The one thing that is common to all cultures is the difficulties in taking care of our aged parents or other family members. So from the beginning this story really hit home, basically had something similar to this happen in my husband's family, although I felt this was a bit exaggerated. The characters were all well drawn, even the characters on the sidelines were interesting and the two young boys won my heart. It definitely showed the effects and strain on everyone in the family and even when
What a lovely book. I have new found empathy for old people and all that they suffer and how helpless they feel. Every person in this family was so unique and well represented. LOVED this book so much.
I usually feel a little bit of glow after finishing any book. I have the bad habit of calling every book I just finished "my favorite" -- until I finish the next one. But in this case, I really must stress that Family Matters is one of the best books I have ever read. I never re-read books, but this is one of those rare gems that even I want to return to. If you took all of Shakespeare's tragedies, condensed them into a story about one family, and set it in Bombay in the 1990s, this book would
I had read this book a long time ago but still remember it as it dealt with a slightly different aspect. This is the story of a Parsi family living in Mumbai as they progress through life. It was like reading through the diary of the family members as it slowly moves towards the end.Maybe I would read it again sometimes to see what has changed with me being 35 now and also my own growth as a reader as well. Well, this was good enough that I remember the book still. Well, Keep on Reading folks.
As Nariman counts his last breaths amid the serene violin rendition of Brahms Lullaby, played by Daisy, my mind races through a gloomy apartment where the stale odor of eau de cologne amalgamates in the air of misery thriving among the bustling of outside traffic and noisy vendors trying to earn their daily wage unaware of Narimans existence. The acridity of my parched throat makes me think about my death. Will I die as a happy soul or will death be a gift that I would crave in the course of
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. Flipping through the pages, my heart leapt many times; those waves bearing the ring of countenance were from still stream but the ones with ripples of accusation roared thunder. Accusation? Accusation hurled towards whom? The fictional characters delicately brought to life by the stinging brush of the author or the guilty, manipulative, egocentric, conceited character of mine? Did my fingers pause typing these words defining myself?
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