{"product_id":"a-fine-balance-the-epic-modern-classic","title":"A Fine Balance : The epic modern classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Mistry, Rohinton \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/10\/2006,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 624 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571230587,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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 corruption, violence, and heroism, A Fine Balance is Rohinton Mistry's prize-winning masterpiece: a Dickensian modern classic brimming with compassion, humour, and insight - and a hymn to the human spirit in an inhuman state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A masterpiece of illumination and grace. Like all great fiction, it transforms our understanding of life.' Guardian'Magical.' New York Times'Monumental.' Time'Astonishing.' Wall Street JournalWhat readers are saying:'One of the most layered and beautifully executed books I've ever read ... Easily one of my all time favourite books!''Many say that the mark of a good book is that it stays with you; well, I read this several years ago and I still find myself thinking of the characters ... Beautiful.''What a storyteller, what a wide canvas he covers of India ... Wonderful.''One of the best and most entertaining books I have ever read ... I can't recommend it highly enough.''Often heartbreaking, always evocative ... A book to savour rather than to gallop through.''One of the best books I've read ... Not a book for the faint-hearted, but it is a book with a big heart.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43101080059948,"sku":"9780571230587","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780571230587.jpg?v=1713001838","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/a-fine-balance-the-epic-modern-classic","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}