Parsi (South Asian) Zoroastrian related works - favorites
Explore a curated list of favorite Parsi (South Asian) Zoroastrian books, featuring top works on Parsi culture, history, and traditions. Discover essential reads for Zoroastrian enthusiasts and scholars.
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Bombay Time
by Thrity Umrigar
During the wedding of one of their neighbors, the longtime residents of a middle-class apartment building in Bombay look back on their lives, in a study that follows Adi Patel's descent into alcoholism, the romantic betrayal of Soli Contractor, the reclusive world of widow Tehmi Engineer, gossipy Dosamai, and the struggle of disillusioned businessman Rusi Bilimoria to make sense of his life. A first novel. Reprint.
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Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag
by Rohinton Mistry
Explores the crowded, throbbing life of India in a collection of stories set in Firozsha Baag, a Bombay apartment building characterized by an unexpected sense of community.
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The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
A young man born of Indian parents in America struggles with issues of identity from his teens to his thirties.
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The Space Between Us
by Thrity N. Umrigar
Captures the delicate balance of class and gender in contemporary India as witnessed through the lives of two women--Sera Dubash, an upper middle-class housewife, and Bhima, an illiterate domestic hardened by a life of loss and despair.