With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future. <p>As the characters move from distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, <b>A Fine Balance</b> creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state.

Such a Long Journey is set in (what was then) Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family. It was the brilliant first novel by one of the most remarkable writers to have emerged from the Indian literary tradition in many years. It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize.

Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a 'State of Internal Emergency'. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic yet humane, intensely political yet rich with local delight; and, above all, compulsively readable.

I denne romanen gir forfatteren et nærportrett av det indiske samfunn og storbyen Bombay i 1971, året før Bangladesh ble opprettet. En familiefar blir innblandet i hemmelige politiske transaksjoner uten å forstå rekkevidden og konsekvensene.

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Described as `a masterpiece' by critics, this remarkable book tells the story of war through the lives and deaths of a single family. Absolutely unforgettable new writing. If you loved The English Patient or Rohinton Mistry's Fine Balance or Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, you will love this book.

In the pent-up heat of Colombo, piece by piece a family comes apart . . . A stunning debut novel from a fresh new voice in Australian fiction, for fans of Zadie Smith and Rohinton Mistry.

Nordiske samtidsforfattere (Dag Solstad, Hanne Ørstavik, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Halldor Laxness, Peter Høeg) skriver om nasjonale tilstander, uten å skrive tradisjonelt nasjonsbyggende. De refser nasjonen og vurderer dens handlinger i lys av undertrykte urbefolkninger og diskriminerte nyere innvandrergrupper; de vektlegger nasjonens muligheter i relasjon til internasjonale organisasjoner, globalisering og en ny medieverden. På samme måte involverer forfattere seg over hele verden, for eksempel Rohinton Mistry og Aravind Adiga (om India), Alaa Al Aswany (om Egypt) og Khaled Hosseini (om Afghanistan). I denne boka trekkes de nordiske forfatterne ut av en tolkningstradisjon som vurderer dem i lys av egne forfatterskap og nordisk litteraturhistorie. Isteden leses de komparativt opp mot internasjonale bestselgere. Målet er å vise hva som er generelle trekk ved sjangeren "den (post)nasjonale romanen", og å diskutere måten vi på tvers av kulturer forestiller oss nasjonale fellesskap på. Nordisk litteratur leses dermed internasjonalt. Når den nordiske litteraturen leses på en slik måte, blir den allegoriske tolkningen viktig, og det blir relevant å bruke postkolonial teori som ellers ofte er reservert utenlandsk litteratur. Dette er nytt innenfor nordiskfaget i hele Norden. Elisabeth Oxfeldt er professor i nordisk litteratur ved Universitetet i Oslo.

Now in its 47th year, Best Canadian Stories has long championed the short story form and highlighted the work of many of the writers, throughout their respective careers, who have gone on to shape the Canadian literary canon. Caroline Adderson, Margaret Atwood, Clark Blaise, Lynn Coady, Mavis Gallant, Zsuzsi Gartner, Douglas Glover, Steven Heighton, Isabel Huggan, Mark Anthony Jarman, Norman Levine, Rohinton Mistry, Alice Munro, Leon Rooke, Diane Schoemperlen, Russell Smith, Linda Svendsen, Kathleen Winter, and many others have appeared in its pages over the years and decades, making Best Canadian Stories the go-to source for what's new in Canadian fiction writing for close to five decades. The short story is perhaps Canada's greatest contribution to literature, and in this edition established practitioners of the form--including Tamas Dobozy, Cynthia Flood, K.D. Miller, and Lisa Moore--are joined by powerful emerging talents--like Paige Cooper and CBC Short Story Prize winner David Huebert--in a continuation of not only a series, but a legacy in Canadian letters.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015'A brilliant and beautiful novel' Kamila Shamsie, Guardian'The Grapes of Wrath for the 21st century' Washington PostThe Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar; and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the chaotic Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever, devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the immigration men surprise her with a call.Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's generous, unforgettable novel is - as with Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance - a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.

Robinton blir født med en mektig gave, han kan snakke med dragene på Pern. Han blir del av en plan for å redde Lessa fra den brutale Holder Fax.

Set along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the stories of three women and the men they love come together in this novel of war and hurricanes, loss and renewal.The worlds of three women and the men they love come together in this novel of war and hurricanes, loss and renewal. Christiane, or Nana, reliving the past in her eighties, her granddaughter Angela, working at a Biloxi casino in her twenties, and their teenage friend Cam, the daughter of a Vietnamese shrimper, form a deep connection. As they face heartbreak, their bonds nurture and sustain them. Ordinary people impacted by the shifts of history - Come Landfall is a southern story with a global sensibility.The Gulf Coast serves as more than just a setting - it is a character unto itself. With casinos lining one side of the highway, antebellum homes along the other, and a Vietnamese neighbourhood up the road, here the old South collides with the new. From households along this stretch of US 90, lineages and emotional connections stretch all over the world.Inspired by true events, Roy Hoffman's novel has its seeds in the saga of his uncle, Maj. Roy Robinton, US Marine Corps, a WWII prisoner of war in the Philippines who disappeared as captive on a Japanese "hellship." His young bride, back home, was ground down, waiting.Christiane returns in her mind to the man she married at twenty-one - Rosey, a flyer with the Army Air Corps who was in the Philippines at the outbreak of WWII. Angela meets Frank, an airman at Keesler Air Force base who is proudly patriotic, deeply religious, and a student of weather. Cam falls in love with Joe, a Biloxi cop, and her own tumultuous story begins to interweave with that of Angela's and Nana's. What's taken from Nana, Angela, and Cam (and so many others when storms make their landfall), what's given back, and what's kept forever sit at the heart of this intimate yet expansive novel.

Cyril Scott (1879-1970) was an English composer, writer and poet. He was a prolific composer-pianist writing over 400 works including four symphonies, three operas and concerti for piano, violin, cello, oboe and harpsichord. Often performing his own compositions he became a pioneer of British piano music, and his music was admired by composers as diverse as Debussy, Strauss, Stravinsky and Percy Grainger, the last a lifelong friend. A true polymath, Scott was also the author of forty-one books, including two autobiographies and one unpublished memoir, on subjects ranging from music, alternative medicine and humour to occultism, theosophy and Christianity. In addition, he wrote poems and plays and painted watercolours. This Companion explores the life and work of this remarkably creative man. It provides a comprehensive analysis and appraisal of all the available music and includes a complete catalogue of his musical works, along with a discography. Several works completely unknown to the musical world, both music and literary (such as the memoir 'Near the End of Life'), are here newly catalogued and discussed. Altogether, the volume gives a broad picture of Scott's entire output in literary, dramatic and philosophical genres. LEWIS FOREMAN has published many books and articles on music. His Boydell titles include Bax: A Composer and his Times (2007), The John Ireland Companion (2011) and with Susan Foreman Felix Aprahamian (2015). DESMOND SCOTT is the son of Cyril Scott. He was an actor, theatre director and TV writer. He is also a sculptor and past-President of the Sculptors Society of Canada. He has contributed to The New Percy Grainger Companion (Boydell Press, 2010) and has published articles in musical journals on Cyril Scott. LESLIE DE'ATH is Professor, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Singing, a pianist, conductor and opera director. He has recorded Scott's complete solo piano music for Dutton. Contributors: PETER ATKINSON, MARTYN BRABBINS, LESLIE DE'ATH, PETER DICKINSON, LEWIS FOREMAN, KATHERINE HUDSON, VALERIE LANGFIELD , KURT LELAND, STEPHEN LLOYD, STEVEN MARTIN, ROHINTEN DADDY MAZDA, RICHARD PRICE, EDMUND RUBBRA, DESMOND SCOTT, MARTIN YATES