I am hopeless at remembering the details of most books I’ve read. But the best of stories leave an impression, one that very infrequently is physical, like a literary poltergeist. That was the case with A Fine Balance, written by Rohinton Mistry (or Rohinton Misery, as an acquaintance renamed him). The story sucker punched me, and my solar plexus constricts whenever I think of it.
Huh. I've never had the desire to read this, but now that I know what an affect it had on you I do.
ReplyDeleteI just wrote on Susan's blog how I remember feelings, not plot points.
ReplyDeleteYou and Susan are communing today!
ReplyDeleteI've not heard about this book either.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of this book. I just read a little bit about it and I just don't know if I could.
ReplyDeleteI'm not good at remembering plots etc either. But I adored A Fine Balance. Although it is not a comfortable read. The same author wrote Family Matters, which was good, but not A Fine Balance.
ReplyDelete