Rohinton Mistry’s enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait of present-day Bombay in all its vitality and corruption. At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinson’s disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His step-children, Coomy and Jal, have a spacious apartment (in the inaptly named Chateau Felicity), but are too squeamish and resentful to tend to his physical needs. Nariman must now turn to his younger daughter, Roxana, her husband, Yezad, and their two sons, who share a small, crowded home. Their decision will test not only their material resources but, in surprising ways, all their tolerance, compassion, integrity, and faith. Sweeping and intimate, tragic and mirthful, Family Matters is a work of enormous emotional power.

Rohinton Mistry的这部引人入胜的小说既是一部家庭剧，又是对当今孟买所有活力和腐败的密切观察。在79岁的时候，已经患有帕金森病的Nariman Vakeel摔断了脚踝，发现自己完全依赖他的家人。他的继子Coomy和Jal有一个宽敞的公寓（在不恰当的名字Chateau Felicity），但他们太胆小和怨恨，无法照顾他的身体需要。纳里曼现在必须求助于他的小女儿罗克萨娜、她的丈夫叶扎德和他们的两个儿子，他们共用一个拥挤的小家。他们的决定不仅会考验他们的物质资源，而且会以令人惊讶的方式考验他们所有的宽容、同情心、正直和信仰。家庭事务》是一部具有巨大情感力量的作品，既全面又亲切，既悲惨又欢快。