Swimming Lessons
Rohinton Mistry
262 Pages
Language: English
Historical
A touching, humorous, and vivid collection set in 1980s Bombay, Swimming Lessons captures life in Firozsha Baag through ten unforgettable stories. Now available as a Free pdf download on Bookdio—your home for thoughtful and heartfelt free books download.
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A single apartment complex. Ten unforgettable stories. One rich, vibrant portrait of Indian life.
Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag is the remarkable debut collection from acclaimed author Rohinton Mistry, offering a window into the everyday joys, struggles, and contradictions of a Parsi community living in 1980s Bombay. Each story stands alone—but together, they form a deeply human tapestry of voices, cultures, and lives shaped by tradition, modernity, and quiet rebellion.
Meet Nariman, the lonely bachelor struggling with expectations. Watch young Jehangir dream of becoming a writer. See Mrs. Mody desperately try to maintain appearances. These characters—funny, flawed, tender—live in Firozsha Baag, a small housing colony whose walls have seen everything from hope to heartbreak.
What makes this book unforgettable is not just the setting, but the emotional honesty Mistry brings to every page. He writes with simplicity and elegance, revealing profound truths through life’s smallest moments—a stolen glance, a childhood prank, a letter never sent.
This is a book for those who love literary fiction with heart, for readers who want to explore Indian history through its people, and for anyone who knows the complexity of belonging to a place that feels both home and cage.
Now available as a Free pdf download on Bookdio. Whether you're looking for nostalgic storytelling, layered cultural nuance, or simply great writing, this is one of those free books download you’ll keep thinking about long after the last line.
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