Rohinton Mistry

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This study - the first of its kind - situates Rohinton Mistry's writing in its cultural and historical context. It explores key features, such as the legacy of Zoroastrianism, Parsi anglophilia, recent Indian history, and the Persian and European narrative traditions on which Mistry draws to produce his distinctive postcolonial fictions. -- .

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"Peter Morey's work is an efficient effort to convey the symbolic complexity of Mistry's fiction and the book will serve as an invaluable handbook and entry point for students wishing to research the writer " Mala Pandurang, Wasafiri

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Peter Morey is Senior Lecturer in Literature in the School of Cultural and Innovation Studies at the University of East London