A Suitable Boy: THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER AND MAJOR BBC DRAMA by Vikram Seth (Engli

Description: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth The 20th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel by Vikram Seth.Now a major BBC drama.NAMED ONE OF THE BBCS 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Vikram Seths novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata - and her mothers attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal.Set in post-Independence India and involving the lives of four large families and those who orbit them, it is also a vast panoramic exploration of a whole continent at a crucial hour as a sixth of the worlds population faces its first great General Election and the chance to map its own destiny. Author Biography Vikram Seth was born in 1952. He trained as an economist and has lived for several years each in England, California, China and India. He is the author of A Suitable Boy, which was an international number one bestseller, An Equal Music and several other novels. He has also written five volumes of poetry including Beastly Tales. Review The best writer of his generation * The Times *This novel, so vast and so amiably peopled, is a long, sweet, sleepless pilgrimage to life . . . His novel deserves thousands of long marriages and suitable readers * Guardian *No one, surely, could wish this novel shorter . . . the greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of the human heart * Observer *Not merely one of the longest novels in English; it may also prove to be the most fecund as well as the most prodigious work of the latter half of [the twentieth] century * The TImes *A quietly monumental novel . . . [Seth] has given that unlikeliest of hybrids, a modest tour de force * TLS *An immensely enjoyable novel which describes with unhurried pace the panorama of India . . . Everything appears familiar to us, yet in fact it is newly minted by a master artist * Hindustan Times *Conceived on a grand scale of the great 19th century novels - War and Peace, Middlemarch - A Suitable Boy grows to match them in breadth and depth . . . [A] massive and magnificent book * Sunday Times *Twentieth anniversary-edition of Seths masterly hymn to life and love set against the backdrop of an independent India. * THE OBSERVER *A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel of 19th century storytelling in the language of today . . . It is hard to believe that Seth is only one man. He writes with the omniscience and authority of a large, orderly committee of experts on Indian politics, law, medicine, crowd psychology, urban and rural social customs, dress, cuisine, horticulture, funerary rites, cricket and even the technicalities of shoe manufacture * Evening Standard * Promotional The 20th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel by Vikram Seth. Long Description Vikram Seths novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata - and her mothers attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal.Set in post-Independence India and involving the lives of four large families and those who orbit them, it is also a vast panoramic exploration of a whole continent at a crucial hour as a sixth of the worlds population faces its first great General Election and the chance to map its own destiny. Review Quote Twentieth anniversary-edition of Seths masterly hymn to life and love set against the backdrop of an independent India. Promotional "Headline" The 20th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel by Vikram Seth. Now a major BBC drama. NAMED ONE OF THE BBCS 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD Description for Sales People A defining work of fiction, one of Orions first bestsellers, now with a beautiful, new, modern cover look. Details ISBN1780227892 Author Vikram Seth Pages 1504 Publisher Orion Publishing Co Year 2013 ISBN-10 1780227892 ISBN-13 9781780227894 Format Paperback Publication Date 2013-11-07 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1952 Media Book DEWEY 823.914 Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson Language English Edition 20th UK Release Date 2013-11-07 Subtitle THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER AND MAJOR BBC DRAMA Audience General NZ Release Date 2013-11-11 AU Release Date 2013-11-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:76678857;

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