by Vikram Seth · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499303246
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Vikram Seth's 'A Suitable Boy' is a moving story set in 1950s India. The novel follows Mrs. Rupa Mehra's quest to find a good husband for her daughter Lata, in a country struggling to modernize while maintaining its ancestral traditions. Framed in the tradition of the great novelists such as Tolstoy, George Eliot and Jane Austen, this work presents us with characters who live, love and fight for their destiny in a world full of contrasts.
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet. The author of three novels and several collections of poetry, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri, a Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the WH Smith Literary Award and the Crossword Book Award. Seth's collections of poetry such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon, and he is regarded as the greatest Indian writer in English of all time.
