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Breathless in Bombay

von Murzban F. Shroff

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Shortlisted for the 2009 Commomwealth Writers' Prize Shroff's vibrant narratives in this concept collection of 14 stories set in contemporary Bombay feature a range of beautifully drawn characters in fascinating situations: from the laundrywallas' water shortage problems, to the doomed love affair of a schizophrenic painter and his Bollywood girlfriend, to the wandering thoughts of a massagewalla at Chowpatty Beach, to the heart-warming relationship of a carriage driver and his beloved horse. Each of these stories is richly crafted and arrangedagainst the grand chaotic backdrop of life that is Bombay. Shroff's love for his hometown shines through, but so does his deep understanding of its challenges and problems. The reader is afforded an insider's view of this pulsating city, and through an unforgettable emotional and cultural journey comes to care for the characters presented in these stories.… (mehr)

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Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben.

I liked this book, I didn't love it, but I liked it. I have read a lot of novels and stories set in India, and even had the good fortune to visit a number of years ago. He did manage to capture some of the flavour of India, and Bombay in particular; but all in all it felt a little lacking.

vegetrendian | Oct 5, 2009 |

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Did not immediately grab me, may have potential but frankly just could not stay interested for very long. (

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cmoore | Jul 23, 2009 |

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Breathless in Bombay accompanied me on a long train journey recently. During the trip, I read the book in two sittings. For me, the true test of any writing about a country I have never seen is that the writing transports me there. Instantly. I want to see it. Hear it. Smell the scents on the air. Be able to walk outside the stories and down the street to explore a little bit.

Breathless in Bombay did all that for me from the opening scene. Each story brings a different view of contemporary life and living in Bombay. I went places with this book I am certain never to go in "real life."

There were a few tales that fell a little short of the mark. One that I felt might have been set in almost any large city. But for the most part, they held me captive.

This is an author I will look for again. (

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AzureMountain | Mar 11, 2008 |

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I was a bit disappointed by Shroff's book. I found the dialogue a bit stilted; it was almost as though I was reading a work in translation rather than one written in English. It's a cliche, but one always hears that writers should "show" rather than "tell," and I felt Shroff's descriptive language was a bit too heavy on the showing. Still, the stories are interesting in that they are obviously the product of someone deeply knowledgeable about the city of Bombay, and in that sense, I found the book edifying. (

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zak1013 | Jan 29, 2008 |

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Breathless in Bombay is an entertaining and occasionally challenging look at the daily lives of various segments of the population of a thriving, rapidly changing metropolis. A theme of collision between traditional and contemporary values runs through most of the stories. Shroff does an admirable job of depicting the personal views of residents as they watch their ways of life vanish in the name of progress. This struggle to adapt to a world fundamentally changed lends much of the drama to the individual stories. Whether it is the man hand washing clothes competing against the shiny washing machine or the residents of a decrepit flat fighting a bureaucracy in league with powerful developers, the stories put a human face on the remarkable transformation that is modern India. (

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Shortlisted for the 2009 Commomwealth Writers' Prize Shroff's vibrant narratives in this concept collection of 14 stories set in contemporary Bombay feature a range of beautifully drawn characters in fascinating situations: from the laundrywallas' water shortage problems, to the doomed love affair of a schizophrenic painter and his Bollywood girlfriend, to the wandering thoughts of a massagewalla at Chowpatty Beach, to the heart-warming relationship of a carriage driver and his beloved horse. Each of these stories is richly crafted and arrangedagainst the grand chaotic backdrop of life that is Bombay. Shroff's love for his hometown shines through, but so does his deep understanding of its challenges and problems. The reader is afforded an insider's view of this pulsating city, and through an unforgettable emotional and cultural journey comes to care for the characters presented in these stories.

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