Condolence Visit | Condolence Visit

At a glance:

Author: Rohinton Mistry
First Published: 1984
Type of Plot: Psychological
Time of Work: The 1980's
Setting: Bombay, India
Principal Characters: Daulat Mirza, Minocher Mirza, Najamai, Moti, A young man, A peripatetic vendor
Genres: Short fiction
Subjects: Memory, Tradition, Twentieth century, Manners or customs, 1980’s, Asia or Asians, Death or dying, India or East Indian people, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Widows or widowers, Bereavement or grief, Apartment houses, Lamps
Locales: Bombay, India

The Story

Told from a limited omniscient point of view, “Condolence Visit” focuses mostly on the inward consciousness of Daulat Mirza, a Parsi widow, and reflects her attitude of quiet defiance in the observance of the social customs and beliefs of her traditional community. Rohinton Mistry uses the flashback technique to fuse the present action with the widow's intermittent remembrance of the past.

The story begins in the morning in the flat of Daulat Mirza, who lives in a Bombay apartment building known as Ferozsha Baag. She is the widow of Minocher Mirza, a...

Condolence Visit | Condolence Visit

At a glance:

The Story

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