Family Matters
A Indian Literature, Fiction, Cultural book. The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. Rohinton Mistry, Family Matters //
Nariman Vakeel, a seventy-nine-year-old Parsi widower, beset by Parkinson's disease and haunted by memories of the past, lives in a once-elegant apartment with his two middle-aged stepchildren. When his condition worsens he is forced to take up residence with Roxana, his own daughter, her husband, Yezad, and their two young sons. The effect of the new responsibility on Yezad, who is already besieged by financial worries, pushes him into a scheme of...
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- Pages: 512 pages
- ISBN: 9780571230556 / 571230555
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Hell has ways of permeating heaven's membrane. Rohinton Mistry, Family Matters // The photographs had made him aware how much the street and the buildings meant to him. Like an extended family that hed taken for granted and ignored, assuming it would always be there. But buildings and roads and spaces were as fragile as human beings, you had to cherish them while you had them. Rohinton Mistry, Family Matters // The joy and laughter and youth they brought was an antidote to the somberness enveloping his flat, the hours when he felt the very walls and ceilings were encrusted with the distress of of unhappy decades Rohinton Mistry, Family Matters //
There is more to the title than first meets the eye. Is it family MATTERS? Or is it FAMILY matters? The meaning of matters evolves as the story progresses. Mistry discusses this, and much more, in a 51 minute interview for WAMU, on Sept. 30, 2002. http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/200...That interview was part of the book tour that,... This book did for me what Suketu Mehta's "Bombay. Maximum City" couldn't - I could see, smell and feel the mega-city throughout the pages of this both realistic and nostalgic novel. I suppose that also my unability to throrouhghly enjoy non-fiction plays a role in this, I just need characters and plot to stay interested through a thick... This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. My opinion changed almost by the page on this one. Let's start with the good: I found the portrayal of familial relationships, particularly the mixture of resentment and love and disgust and patience with their bedridden grandfather, to be very moving...
