''Tales From Firozsha Baag'' is a collection of 11 short stories by

Rohinton Mistry Rohinton Mistry (born 1952) is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He has been the recipient of many awards including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012. Each of his first three novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His ...

about the residents of Firozsha Baag, a

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-dominated apartment complex in

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. Mistry's first book, it was published by Penguin Canada in 1987.

Stories

* "Auspicious Occasion" * "One Sunday" * "The Ghost of Firozsha Baag" * "Condolence Visit" * "The Collectors" * "Of White Hairs and Cricket" * "The Paying Guests" * "Squatter" * "Lend Me Your Light" * "Exercisers" * "Swimming Lessons"

Awards

*1983 First Prize, Hart House Literary Contest for "One Sunday" (short story) *1984 First Prize, Hart House Literary Contest for "Auspicious Occasion" (short story) *1985 Annual Contributors' Prize, Canadian Fiction Magazine

References

Mumbai in fiction Canadian short story collections Books by Rohinton Mistry 1987 short story collections New Canadian Library {{1980s-novel-stub