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Tales from Firozsha Baag

By: Rohinton Mistry
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber
ISBN: 0571230563
ISBN-13: 9780571230563
Released: 19 Oct 2006
RRP: £8.99
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Excellent book club read! - By: , 10 Jan 2006
Firozsha Baag is a block of flats in Bombay & these linked stories, eleven of them, tell the tales of its tenants. They are seen through the eyes of Kersi, first as a boy living with his parents & brother in the flats, & finallly as a writer who has emigrated to Canada. These stories are so intimate, I sometimes felt uncomfortable, as if I were seeing things I shouldn't see, laughing at things I shouldn't laugh at. The writing is wonderful & cannot be skipped over. Every word counts. That & the writer's humanity made me keep reading to the end & then start at the beginning again - & order more of his books.
Wonderful! Must must read this book! - By: , 06 Jul 2001
Mistry has sucessfully captured the imagination of a child, who lives in an apartment building, & subsequently has adventures. This book is not just a collection of short stories, but an entire saga of the building & its inhabitants seen through the eyes of this young boy who we see growing up and, eventuallly, moving to Canada. A mixture of traditions, not just Parsi but a mash of alll Indian cultures, this is a book which certainly has spice; the humour will sting you, & you won't be able to put this book down till it has finished!