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22 produkter
Fine Balance
The epic modern classic
Häftad, 2006
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
135 kr
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'A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.' IndependentIndia, 1975. An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. Amidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide forever. An epic panorama of modern India in all its …
Family Matters
Häftad, 2006
154 kr
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Nariman Vakeel, a seventy-nine-year-old Parsi widower, beset by Parkinson's disease and haunted by memories of the past, lives in a once-elegant apartment with his two middle-aged stepchildren. When his condition worsens he is forced to take up residence with Roxana, his own daughter, her husband, …
Tales from Firozsha Baag
Häftad, 2006
142 kr
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Here is a wonderful introduction to the residents of Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay. We enter the daily routine and rhythm of their lives, and by the time we reach the final story we are as familiar with the people of Firozsha Baag as we are with our own neighbours. The crowded, …
Such a Long Journey
Häftad, 2006
130 kr
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Such a Long Journey is set in (what was then) Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family.It was the brilliant first …
Swimming Lessons: Life Lessons from the Pool, from Diving in to Treading Water
Av Rohinton Mistry, Penelope Niven
Häftad, 2004
262 kr
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Fine Balance
E-bok, 2010
205 kr
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With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, …
Such a Long Journey
E-bok, 2010
142 kr
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It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father’s ambitions for him. He is the one …
Family Matters
E-bok, 2010
205 kr
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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 …
Fine Balance
The Epic Modern Classic
E-bok, 2008
115 kr
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'A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.' Independent'A masterpiece of illumination and grace. Like all great fiction, it transforms our understanding of life.' GuardianIndia, 1975. An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. Amidst a backdrop of wild …
Such a Long Journey
E-bok, 2008
115 kr
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Such a Long Journey is set in (what was then) Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family.It was the brilliant first …
Family Matters
E-bok, 2008
115 kr
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Nariman Vakeel is a seventy-nine-year-old Parsi widower beset by Parkinson's disease and haunted by memories of the past. He lives with his two middle-aged step-children. When Nariman's illness is compunded by a broken ankle, he's forced to take up residence with his daughter Roxana, her husband …
Tales from Firozsha Baag
E-bok, 2008
115 kr
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In these eleven intersecting stories, Rohinton Mistry reveals the rich, complex patterns of life inside a Bombay apartment building. The occupants - from Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, through Najami, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag, to Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the boy whose …
Fine Balance
A BBC Radio full-cast drama
Ljudbok, 2021
187 kr
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A compelling dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry''s Booker Prize-nominated novel about India''s underclass India, 1975. Desperate to preserve her independence from her abusive brother, Parsi widow Dina Dilal turns her cramped city apartment into a sweatshop. But when her eyesight begins to fail, she …
Das Gleichgewicht der Welt
Roman
E-bok, 2013
147 kr
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Das Gleichgewicht der Welt - Ein meisterhaft verwobenes Epos über vier Schicksale im Bombay der 1970er Jahre.Bombay, 1975: In Rohinton Mistrys großem Roman treffen vier Menschen aufeinander, deren Lebenswege sich auf schicksalhafte Weise kreuzen. Da ist Dina Dalal, eine Frau Anfang vierzig, und …
Die Quadratur des Glücks
Roman
E-bok, 2015
170 kr
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Als geachteter Patriarch der Familie: so würde Nariman Vakeel in Bombay gern seinem Alter entgegensehen. Aber die Harmonie in seiner Familie ist brüchig. Er lebt bei seinen Stiefkindern, die ihm vorwerfen, ihre verstorbene Mutter nie richtig geliebt zu haben. Als er nach einem Unfall gepflegt …
Das Kaleidoskop des Lebens
Roman
E-bok, 2015
170 kr
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Jede Wohnung im Mietshaus am Firozsha-Platz ist für den jungen Kersi wie eine Zauberschachtel, in der sich Schicksale entfalten, mit anderen verbinden, überraschend kreuzen. Da ist der Rechtsanwalt Rustomji, der durch die Kapriolen seiner Wasserleitung zum Märtyrer seiner Verdauung wurde, aber zu …
So eine lange Reise
Ein Indien-Roman
E-bok, 2013
57 kr
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Ein großer Familienroman über das moderne IndienGustad Noble wohnt mit seiner Familie in einem Wohnblock am Rande von Bombay. Er ist mittlerer Bankbeamter, gläubiger Parse, besorgter Vater und ein treuer Freund. Seine Familie steht im Mittelpunkt von Rohinton Mistrys Roman, der einfühlsam und …
