A Fine Balance bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ nke abụọ nke Rohinton Mistry, nke McClelland na Stewart bipụtara na 1995. Tọọ na "obodo a na-amaghị ama" na India, na mbụ na 1975 na mgbe e mesịrị na 1984 n'oge ọgba aghara nke Emergency,[1] akwụkwọ ahụ lekwasịrị anya na odide anọ sitere na nzụlite dị iche iche - Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, nwa nwanne ya bụ Omprakash Darji, na nwa akwụkwọ na-eto eto Maneck Kohlah - ndị na-agbakọta ọnụ ma mepụta njikọ.
Akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ meriri 1995 Giller Prize.[1] Edepụtara ya aha maka ihe nrite Booker na 1996. Ọ bụ otu n'ime naanị akwụkwọ Canada abụọ ahọpụtara maka Oprah's Book Club, ma bụrụ otu n'ime akwụkwọ ahọpụtara na mbipụta 2002 nke Canada Reads, nke onye na-eme ihe nkiri Megan Follows kwadoro. Na 2014, a họọrọ A Fine Balance na The Telegraph dị ka otu n'ime akwụkwọ akụkọ 10 kachasị oge niile nke Eshia.[2] Emma-Lee Potter nke The Independent depụtara ya dị ka akwụkwọ nwere ọgụgụ isi na mmepe agwa n'ime akwụkwọ akụkọ India iri na abụọ "nke onye ọ bụla kwesịrị ịgụ.".[1]
Emepụtara mmegharị ọkwa ọkwa nke akwụkwọ akụkọ nke Tamasha Theatre Company na Hampstead Theatre na London na 2006 ma mesịa maliteghachi na 2007..