Hrupkoe ravnovesie

Rohinton Mistri (r. V 1952 g.) - izvestnyy kanadskiy pisatel' indiyskogo proishozhdeniya, laureat neskol'kih prestizhnyh nacional'nyh i mezhdunarodnyh literaturnyh premiy, nominant na Bukerovskuyu premiyu. …Indiya 1975 goda - v period chrezvychaynogo polozheniya, vvedennogo Indiroy Gandi. Indiya - razdiraemaya mezhkastovymi, mezhreligioznymi i mezhnacional'nymi raspryami, pestraya, tochno loskutnoe pokryvalo, kotoroe sh'et iz obrezkov tkani molodaya vdova Dina Dalal, priyutivshaya v svoem dome studenta i dvuh bednyh portnyh iz kasty neprikasaemyh. Snaruzhi gremyat politicheskie buri, vspyhivayut volneniya i besporyadki, no v ih kroshechnom dome caryat mir i soglasie. Oni daryat drug drugu lyubov' i podderzhku, pomogaya uderzhivat' hrupkoe ravnovesie na grani otchayaniya i nadezhdy…