Contribution of Rohinton Mistry

 Rohinton Mistry is an Indian born Canadian short-story writer and novelist. He has become one of the preeminent writers of the post colonialist writing movement. He sets his novels primarily in his native Bombay, combining a natural, direct style with simple description to present an honest and loving image of India. With attention to the detail of his characters' everyday lives, his book often explore the tragic circumstances of India's desperate poor even as he balances his misery by presenting the dignity and the joy they feel in simple pleasures and their extended families. Critics have praised Mistry's growth as a writer and his transparent style, commonly drawing comparisons to Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy.
Mistry's first book "Tales from Firozsha Baag", is a collection of short fiction that was published in 1987. This collection of eleven linked short stories concerns the inhabitants of an apartment compound in Bombay. His first novel, "Such a Long Journey" brought him national and international recognition. This book concerns an ordinary man who becomes involved in the politics surrounding the Bangladesh separatist movement in India and Pakistan. This novel is also made into a feature film. his subsequent novels have achieved the same level of recognition as his first. His second novel, "A Fine Balance" concerns four people from Bombay who struggle with family and work against the backdrop of the political unrest in India. His another novel, "Family Matters" won the Koriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for fiction. This novel describes the members of the blended family who are trying to cope with the failing health of their father.
Mistry's fiction deploys a precise writing style and a sensitive to the humor of life to communicate deep compassion for human beings.

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