Tales from Firozsha Baag
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Tales from Firozsha Baag is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the lives of residents in a Parsi apartment complex in Bombay with humor and poignancy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tales from Firozsha Baag canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| alsoPublishedAs | Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Rohinton Mistry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStory |
Auspicious Occasion
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Condolence Visit NERFINISHED ⓘ Exercisers NERFINISHED ⓘ Lend Me Your Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Of White Hairs and Cricket NERFINISHED ⓘ One Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ Squatter NERFINISHED ⓘ Swimming Lessons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Collectors NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghost of Firozsha Baag NERFINISHED ⓘ The Paying Guests NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishing Rohinton Mistry’s reputation as a writer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts | daily life of middle-class Parsis ⓘ |
| depictsReligion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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short stories ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistType | Parsi residents of Firozsha Baag ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realism ⓘ |
| mainLocation | apartment building in Bombay ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interconnected short stories ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | early work of Rohinton Mistry ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| precedes | Such a Long Journey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCommunityDepicted | Parsi community ⓘ |
| publisher | Penguin Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Bombay
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Firozsha Baag apartment complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
Parsi identity
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family relationships ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ social change ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century Bombay ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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poignant ⓘ |
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