Tales from Firozsha Baag

First edition

Tales From Firozsha Baag is a collection of 11 short stories by Rohinton Mistry about the residents of Firozsha Baag, a Parsi-dominated apartment complex in Mumbai. Mistry's first book, it was published by Penguin Canada in 1987. ^{[1] [ unreliable source ]}

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

1. "Item no longer available". AbeBooks UK.