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The
2004 Award
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Nominated by:
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Family
Matters by
Rohinton Mistry Publishers
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| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Set
in Bombay
in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial
love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands
of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch
of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson's Disease and haunted
by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren,
Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent.
But the burden of the illness worsens the already strained family relationships.
Soon, their sweet-tempered half-sister, Roxana, is forced to assume sole
responsibility for her bedridden father. And Roxana's husband, besieged
by financial worries, devises a scheme of deception, setting in motion a
series of events that leads to the narrative's moving outcome.
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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Rohinton
Mistry is the author of a collection of short stories, Tales from
the Firozsha Baag (1987), and three internationally acclaimed novels,
Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1995),
and Family Matters (2002). His fiction was won many prestigious
international awards, including The Giller Prize, The Commonwealth Writers
Prize for Best Book, The Governor General's Award, The Canada-Australia
Literary Prize, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and the Kiriyama
Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction. A Fine Balance was also
an Oprah's Book Club® selection. |
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