BOOK DESCRIPTION

Set in post-independence India, the novel follows for eighteen months or so four
linked families in Calcutta, the province of Purva Pradesh and its capital Brahmpur,
and the citiesDelhi, Kanpur, Lucknowtrawled by the heroines mother in her
search for a suitable boy But the greatness of the novel, its unassailable
truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of
the human heartwith all its varieties of kindness and cruelty, its capacity for hurt
As with all the best books, one feels only dismay when the pages on the right of the
tome start thinning out. The Observer
KEY SELLING POINTS
20th anniversary edition of one of the most beloved novels published in India,
completely reset and redesigned.
Over a million copies sold worldwide.
Bestselling author Vikram Seth has been on the cover of many magazines in
recent times.
Epic novel that expertly deals with post-independence issues like the Hindu-
Muslim strife, abolition of zamindari system, land reforms etc.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
The best writer of his generation.The Times
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 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
A quietly monumental novel . . . [Seth] has given us that unlikeliest of hybrids, a
modest tour de force.Times Literary Supplement
Conceived on the grand scale of the great 19th century novelsWar and Peace,
MiddlemarchA Suitable Boy grows to match them in breadth and depth . . .
Sunday Times
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
A SUITABLE BOY:
20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy took the world by storm when it was first published. Twenty years later
Vikram Seths epic masterpiece retains its power to delight and amaze.
BOOK SPECIFICATIONS:
ISBN: 978-93-83064-12-0
Category: Literature & Fiction
Sub
category: Contemporary Fiction
Binding: Demy (PB) (8.5 x 5.5)
Published
language: English
Original
language: English
Extent: 1552 pp
Price: `995
Territory: Indian subcontinent
Publisher: Aleph Book Company
Pub month: February 2014
artist.Hindustan Times
So vast and so amiably peopled [A Suitable Boy] is a long, sweet, sleepless
pilgrimage to life. . . [The novel] covers India like a sun, warming a whole country
in its historical rays . . . It is almost impossible to imagine an unswayed reader.
Guardian
We should be grateful for this panoramic sweep which revives in our memory a
period when a whole way of life came to an end . . . [Seths] sure touch is really quite
incredible, his characters are consistent from beginning to end.The Hindu
Puts a subcontinent between (its) covershundreds of people stream into view and
are illuminated by the brilliant, warm lucidity of Vikram Seths regard[A] massive
and magnificent book. The Sunday Times
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vikram Seth is the acclaimed author of three novels: The Golden Gate, An Equal Music
and A Suitable Boy, one of the most beloved and widely read books of recent times. He
has also published several books of poetry, an opera libretto, a book of other libretti,
and two highly regarded works of non-ction, From Heaven Lake and Two Lives. He is
at present at work on A Suitable Girl.
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