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Family Matters
 

Family Matters (Vintage International)

by Rohinton Mistry

Set during the 1990s in an overcrowded and politically corrupt Bombay, Rohinton Mistry's Family Matters depicts a family being torn apart by lies, love, and its unresolved demons of the past. Nariman Vakeel is an aging patriarch whose advancing Parkinson's disease and its related complications threaten to destroy his large Parsi family. When Nariman breaks his ankle and becomes bedridden, his... (read more)

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Liked It

Nikki
  • Rated 4 stars

“Of an ill-fated love affair..... of spousal love and commitments... of sibling affection..... of parental devotion.... of tenderness... of selfishness.... of malady..... of longings....of fondness..... of sacrifices....... of warmth...... of weakness.... of understanding...In short "Family Matters".
An uncomplicated story of complicated family affairs.”

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Didn’t Like It

mkjadhav
  • Rated 1 stars

“I did not find this book either charming or literally stimulating. I have not found a genuine literary 'spark' that naturally strikes in the narration. Apparently, Mistry tried to be close to emotions that the later phases of life evoke, but keeping a contemporary commentary running out of usual incidents of such lives cannot be sometimes called a literary piece especially without that charm in the narration that connects the reader with the characters. A poor read, indeed.”

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  • Rated 3.916279 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • TusharA

    tushara said:

    “I really liked this one when I read it. Might go through it again sometime soon.”

    posted Thursday, June 19 2008
  • AnkitaSinha

    ankitasinha said:

    “awesome book .totally loved it .it was very realistic and u cud asoociate with the characters ,their situations and all the turbulence .cudn't put it down once i began reading it .”

    posted Sunday, June 1 2008
  • Adam Getty

    adam getty said:

    “I think Family Matters is a decent book, but a far cry from his excellent previous work (especially A Fine Balance). But this is a great book for its description of the problems the family faces in India, and actually seems interesting to read against A Fine Balance, which takes place during Indira Gandhi's government in the same country. Interesting how the concerns have shifted somewhat, both politically and at the basic level of how families deal with tragedy and poverty.”

    posted Friday, May 9 2008
  • grouchylibrarian

    grouchylibrarian said:

    “I read this back when it came out in 2002 or 2003. I am looking forward to rereading again this month for a book discussion group.”

    posted Thursday, May 8 2008
  • shilpa ramachandran

    shilpa ramachandran said:

    “a very good work.”

    posted Monday, April 7 2008
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