Rohinton Mistry:
(born 1952)
Indian-born Canadianwriter. He has been the recipient of many awards including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012. Each of his first three novels was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His novels to date have been set in India, told from the perspective of Parsis, and explore themes of family life, poverty, discrimination, and the corrupting influence of society.
The world can be a bewildering place, and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious traps.
