Swimming Lessons: And Other Stories from Firozsha Baag
Autor Rohinton Mistryen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 1997
"A fine collection...the volume is informed by a tone of gentle compassion for seemingly insignificant lives."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780679776321
ISBN-10: 067977632X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 134 x 203 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:Vintage Intl.
Editura: Vintage Books USA
ISBN-10: 067977632X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 134 x 203 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:Vintage Intl.
Editura: Vintage Books USA
Notă biografică
Rohinton Mistry is the author of a collection of short stories, Tale from Firozsha Baag (1987), and two internationally acclaimed novels. Such a Long Journey (1991) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award. A Fine Balance (1995) won the prestigious Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, and The Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Award. It was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize. Mistry was the recipient of the 1995 Canada-Australia Literary Prize.