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A review by ayoniki
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
5.0
Usually when I finish a book - and if that book touched me in some way - I find myself reading reviews hoping that someone already said (and in a better way that I would) what I want to say. And if I don't find it I feel the need to post a short review myself even though I'm horrible at it (and so is my English).
I skipped through several reviews here and I cannot immediately find the main though that's been in my head since I closed this book. So...
The name of the book, the meaning of the name, suddenly seemed totally and absolutely clear when I read the last scene.
You have to find this find balance between hope and despair in your life to keep going, and Dina, Om and Ishvar managed to do it. Despite lost husbands, lost families, lost homes, lost legs, lost testicles and basically lost everything.
What striked me most was Dina's thinking about how those two made her laugh every day, and how she still got a bit of time before making dinner so why not take a nap.
And this is amazing. This is just so.. normal. Something from normal, day-by-day life. And the idea that after all that they went through they managed to grab a hold of this - almost - normal life blows my mind.
I wouldn't be able to do it.
I would be Maneck.
I skipped through several reviews here and I cannot immediately find the main though that's been in my head since I closed this book. So...
The name of the book, the meaning of the name, suddenly seemed totally and absolutely clear when I read the last scene.
You have to find this find balance between hope and despair in your life to keep going, and Dina, Om and Ishvar managed to do it. Despite lost husbands, lost families, lost homes, lost legs, lost testicles and basically lost everything.
What striked me most was Dina's thinking about how those two made her laugh every day, and how she still got a bit of time before making dinner so why not take a nap.
And this is amazing. This is just so.. normal. Something from normal, day-by-day life. And the idea that after all that they went through they managed to grab a hold of this - almost - normal life blows my mind.
I wouldn't be able to do it.
I would be Maneck.