Rohinton Mistry

Man schreibt das Jahr 1975. Der Ort: Bombay. Hier treffen vier Menschen aufeinander, deren Schicksale im Mittelpunkt des Romans stehen...

Three generations of a family living in Bombay are depicted in this Booker-shortlisted novel. In the city of Bombay, Nariman Vakeel—an ailing Parsi widower—lives with his middle-aged stepchildren Coomy and Jal. When Nariman breaks an ankle, he can no longer partake in his one pleasure, a...

BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST “Monumental . . . Few have caught the real sorrow and inexplicable strength of India, the unaccountable crookedness and sweetness, as well as Mistry.”—Pico Iyer, Time WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, COMMONWEALTH WRITERS PRIZE, AND GILLER PRIZE With a...

BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST “Monumental . . . Few have caught the real sorrow and inexplicable strength of India, the unaccountable crookedness and sweetness, as well as Mistry.”—Pico Iyer, Time WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, COMMONWEALTH WRITERS PRIZE, AND GILLER PRIZE With a...

Esta obra maestra cuenta la vida de cuatro personas en la India de los años setenta que, forzadas por la necesidad, aprenden a mantener un equilibrio perfecto entre la esperanza y la desesperación.