This is a difficult book to review. It's one of the best there is. You get involved ! Disturbingly so. You know that it is is fiction ,a novel,a story - yet , it isn't. The tale is spun so well, the characters so surreal , that you end up living their life - with them. I think this is what makes Mistry a great storyteller.
Dina Dalal , Maneck , Ishvar and Om , delicately balanced between the pages - hovering between hope and despair.
My heart goes out to the characters, their struggle during turbulent times of the emergency - their grief , the constant uncertainty , mourning , and the fleeting happiness that they share. And their happiness is so contagious - it almost lifts your spirits.
This book certainly made me realize how fortunate I am. To have the scales of balance tipped towards hope. And my problems - almost appear first world ! A truly humbling book and one that will certainly stay with me for a long long time. Thank you Rohinton Mistry! Thank you for the fine balance.