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A suitable boy / Vikram Seth

By:

Seth, Vikram

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Harper Perennial , 2005, c1994Description: 1474 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780060786526

Subject(s):

India -- --Fiction

DDC classification:

FIC SET

Summary: Opening and closing with a wedding, this novel is ostensibly the story of a Hindu family trying to find a suitable husband for their younger daughter, Lata. Who will the suitable boy turn out to be? The dashing Kabir, with whom Lata falls in love? The ambitious businessman whom Lata's mother favors? Or the sophisticated poet her relatives choose? The interwoven stories of four families linked by marriage form the background for this marital quest. It proves slow-moving at first, but the patient reader will inevitably be caught up in the compelling rhythms of a richly complex tale. The setting - India in the 1950s - is vividly realized: the enormity of the subcontinent, its overpowering heat, lush gardens, colorful festivals, and exotic foods. Drama is provided by the simmering conflict between Hindu and Muslim, which breaks out unexpectedly throughout the novel.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC SET (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064906

Opening and closing with a wedding, this novel is ostensibly the story of a Hindu family trying to find a suitable husband for their younger daughter, Lata. Who will the suitable boy turn out to be? The dashing Kabir, with whom Lata falls in love? The ambitious businessman whom Lata's mother favors? Or the sophisticated poet her relatives choose? The interwoven stories of four families linked by marriage form the background for this marital quest. It proves slow-moving at first, but the patient reader will inevitably be caught up in the compelling rhythms of a richly complex tale. The setting - India in the 1950s - is vividly realized: the enormity of the subcontinent, its overpowering heat, lush gardens, colorful festivals, and exotic foods. Drama is provided by the simmering conflict between Hindu and Muslim, which breaks out unexpectedly throughout the novel.

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