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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  ridge83 | May 20, 2009 |  Interesting book about a family in India and how their life changes when the grandfather of them breaks his leg. (  ) duffyandpaula | Jan 4, 2009 | A story about a family's struggle with a father's declining health and the struggle to make end meet. Like A Fine Balance, Mistry capturesd the plight of the characters beautifully. (  ) twoods9 | Sep 9, 2008 | This is my first novel by Rohinton Mistry and I can certainly see that they wouldn't be favored by all readers. The characters are very flawed and the story very depressing. However, the reality of life is beautifully evoked in the prose of Mistry. Pulling no punches when it comes to trials and tribulations this family is hit over and over with difficult circumstances and then they decide to take action that makes it even worse. It almost becomes comic in a very macabre way. I enjoyed the book and will definitely read more by Mistry but I'll space them out rather than drown in the morass of the negativity portrayed. ( ) texanne | Aug 30, 2008 | Elegantly written, with so many excellent characters. Favourite bits: Mr Burdy (Mr Proverb) muddling up his proverbs; The best dinner service scene; Jehangir's repeated use of the phrase 'Be that as it may'; Nariman and his grandsons spending time together reading (and loving) the Famous Five books; The handyman neighbour who breaks everything he 'fixes'; The sadness of old Nariman trying not to be a nuisance ( ) murraymint11 | Jul 10, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0375403736, Hardcover)Set during the 1990s in an overcrowded and politically corrupt Bombay, Rohinton Mistry's Family Matters depicts a family being torn apart by lies, love, and its unresolved demons of the past. Nariman Vakeel is an aging patriarch whose advancing Parkinson's disease and its related complications threaten to destroy his large Parsi family. When Nariman breaks his ankle and becomes bedridden, his two stepchildren turn his care over to their half-sister, Roxanne, who lives in a two-room flat with her husband and two sons. What follows is each character's reaction to this situation, from Roxanne's husband's struggle to provide for his family without neglecting his conscience to their sons' coming of age in an era of uncertainty. Expertly interspersed between these dilemmas are Nariman's tortured remembrances of a forbidden love and its inescapable consequences ("no matter where you go in the world, there is only one story: of youth, and loss, and yearning for redemption. So we tell the same story, over and over. Just the details are different").Family Matters is a compelling, emotional, and persuasive testimony to the importance of memories in every family's history. In a poetic style rich with detail, Mistry creates a world where fate dances with free will, and the results are often more familiar than anyone would ever care to admit. --Gisele Toueg (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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