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Tales from Firozsha Baag
by Mistry, Rohinton
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0571167039
- ISBN 13
- 9780571167036
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber. Very Good+. 1992. Softcover. 0571167039 . First English Paperback Edition with full numberline. "Here is a wonderful introduction to the residents of Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Small wrinkle near spine tail. Some tanning to edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages .
Synopsis
Rohinton Mistry is the author of three novels, all of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag . His first novel, Such a Long Journey , won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the SmithBooks/ Books in Canada First Novel Award. It was made into an acclaimed feature film in 1998. A Fine Balance was winner of the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize, the Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Award, and Denmark's ALOA Prize. It was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix Femina. In 2002, A Fine Balance was selected for Oprah’s Book Club. Family Matters won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction and the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award. It was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Born in Bombay, Rohinton Mistry has lived in Canada since 1975. He was awarded the Trudeau Fellows Prize in 2004, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009, he was a finalist for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize, and winner of the 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In translation, his work has been published in more than thirty languages.
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74438
- Title
- Tales from Firozsha Baag
- Author
- Mistry, Rohinton
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571167039
- ISBN 13
- 9780571167036
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 0571167039
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