Tales from Firozsha Baag
 

Tales from Firozsha Baag

by Rohinton Mistry

In these eleven intersecting stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside this Bombay apartment building. The occupants - from Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, through Najamai, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag, to Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the young boy whose life threads through the book - all express the tensions... (read more)

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I'm not big on short stories, but these interconnected gems from my favourite writer, Rohinton Mistry, are brilliantly individual, while being masterfully woven together. Each character springs to life fully realized. In just a few hundred magical words, we have a luminous image of the time, place and people.

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