Tales from Firozsha Baag

Rohinton Mistry

Mar 2011 · McClelland & Stewart

About this ebook

In these eleven stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside Firozsha Baag, an apartment building in Bombay. Here are Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, and Najamai, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag; Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the young boy whose life threads through the book and who narrates the final story as an adult in Toronto. We see their passions, their worst fears, their betrayals, and their humorous acts of revenge. Witty and poignant, in turns, these intersecting stories create a finely textured mosaic of lives and illuminate a world poised between the old ways and the new.

Ratings and reviews

when i picked up the book and read its first story about that curmudgeon, i just found the book vaguely interesting. but my interest reached a climax pitch when i finished reading 'squatters' which ended and left me thinking about the patterns of life!! a must read book i say, no reason to miss this one for any literature fanatic!!

About the author

Rohinton Mistry is the author of a collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987), and three novels that were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1995), and Family Matters (2002). His books have won, among other awards, the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Born in Bombay, Rohinton Mistry has lived in Canada since 1975. His body of work was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize, and he was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012. His work has been published in more than thirty-five languages.