Family Matters

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  • Booker Prize Nominee (2002)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002)
  • Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2003)
  • Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2002)
  • Premi Llibreter de narrativa Nominee (2003)
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Family Matters

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ISBN: 9780375403736
Authors: Rohinton Mistry
Publisher: Knopf
Date of Publication: 2002-09-17
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Asia, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 23564 readers)

Description

Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson’s and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent. But the burden of the illness worsens the already strained family relationships. Soon, their sweet-tempered half-sister, Roxana, is forced to assume sole responsibility for her bedridden father. And Roxana’s husband, besieged by financial worries, devises a scheme of deception involving his eccentric employer at a sporting goods store, setting in motion a series of events that leads to the narrative’s moving outcome. Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Mistry the highest of accolades around the world.
 

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2002)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002)
  • Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2003)
  • Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2002)
  • Premi Llibreter de narrativa Nominee (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.