Name: A Suitable boy (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
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Author: Vikram Seth
ISBN: 9780060786526

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A Suitable boy (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Vikram Seth

Publisher

Perennial

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

1474

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0060786523

ISBN13

9780060786526

Synopsis "A Suitable boy (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) "

Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: Lata and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra, are both trying to find -- through love or through exacting maternal appraisal -- a suitable boy for Lata to marry. Set in the early 1950s, in an India newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis, A Suitable Boy takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively readable tale of their lives and loves. A sweeping panoramic portrait of a complex, multiethnic society in flux, A Suitable Boy remains the story of ordinary people caught up in a web of love and ambition, humor and sadness, prejudice and reconciliation, the most delicate social etiquette and the most appalling violence.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth (Kolkata, 1952) is an Indian writer whose work spans poetry, fiction, and travel literature. He studied at Oxford and Stanford University, where he researched demography in China. His detailed prose and exploration of diverse cultures have earned him international recognition.

Among his novels, A Suitable Boy (1993) stands out, a ambitious narrative that solidified his prestige. In An Equal Music (1999), he explores the world of classical music. In the field of travel literature, From Heaven Lake (1983) received the Thomas Cook Award. His work combines narrative sensitivity and depth in human portrayal.

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