Tales from Firozsha Baag Summary & Analysis

7,591 words, approx. 26 pages

In the following essay, Davis surveys the nature of the short story cycle in Tales from Firozsha Baag, and the ways this form allows Mistry to examine his dual role as immigrant Canadian and native-bo... Read more

Critical Essay by Rocío G. Davis

5,853 words, approx. 20 pages

In the following essay, Davis discusses Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family and Mistry's Tales from Firozsha Baag, examining immigrant authors' attempts to reconcile their pa... Read more

Critical Essay by Keith Garebian

1,455 words, approx. 5 pages

In the following excerpt, Garebian contends that with Tales from Firozsha Baag Mistry has provided a significant short fiction that expresses a Parsi sensibility. Indian fiction in English has long pa... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter J. Bailey

1,135 words, approx. 4 pages

In the following excerpt, Bailey underscores the originality and distinctiveness of the stories in Tales from Firozsha Baag. At the end of Rohinton Mistry's story, “Swimming Lessons,... Read more

Critical Essay by Ajay Heble

5,006 words, approx. 17 pages

In the following essay, Heble provides a stylistic and thematic exploration of the migration stories in Tales from Firozsha Baag. 1. Foreign Presences The title for this paper finds its origin in a sh... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert L. Ross

4,703 words, approx. 16 pages

In the following essay, Ross traces the development of Mistry's fiction and praises his compelling depiction of a Parsi community in Tales from Firozsha Baag. The title of Rohinton Mistry... Read more

Critical Essay by Rocio G. Davis

3,706 words, approx. 13 pages

In the following essay, Davis considers the importance of place and home in Tales from Firozsha Baag, V. S. Naipaul's Miguel Street, and M. G. Vassanji's Uhuru Street. The negotiation of... Read more