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Book Review By Coletta Ollerer
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Dina is a widow in her 30s, living alone in a large city in India and in economic straits. She hires Ishvar and Om, two tailors, to start a garment manufacturing business in her flat and she takes in a student boarder, Maneck. They come to feel like a family there when circumstances throw them all together after Ishvar and Om are kicked out of their slum. Ishvar takes Om back to their village to find a wife. Maneck takes a trip to visit his parents. They promise to return.



Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Ethnic/Regional/Religion
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
City? Yes
City: - dirty, grimy (like New York)
Small town? Yes

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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