Another prize for Rohinton Mistry's 'A Fine Balance'

Rohinton Mistry

Rohinton Mistry's much talked about novel 'A Fine Balance' is in news once again. The book has won the 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. The Indo-Canadian author, Rohinton Mistry had earlier won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for the same book. 'A Fine Balance' was also chosen for Oprah’s Book Club in 2001. Mistry's novel 'Family Matters' received the Timothy Findley Award from the Writers’ Trust of Canada. 'Such a Long Journey', Rohinton Mistry's first novel had won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Governor General’s Award. Three of the writer's novels have also been nominated for the Man Booker Prize.

'A Fine Balance' has been called 'a masterpiece of illumination and grace'. It 'like all great fiction, transforms our understanding of life', according to Guardian.

I had reviewed this book for 'Literary Jewels' in the year 2007. You can read the review here: 'A FINE BALANCE'.