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"The heartrending story of a two people, a marriage, and a century from the author of A Suitable Boy. . . . " A] thoughtful, evocative, moving book."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Two Lives is an extraordinary tapestry of India, the Third Reich and the Second World War, Auschwitz and the Holocaust, Israel and Palestine, postwar Germany and 1970s Britain. Part biography, part memoir, part meditation on our times, here is a masterful work from one of our greatest living writers.In this magnificent, tender story, Vikram Seth offers both a history of a violent century as well as an intimate portrait of an unlikely friendship, marriage, and abiding yet complex love: that of his beloved uncle, Shanti Behari Seth, an immigrant from India, and his aunt, Helga Gerda Caro, a German Jew who was forced to flee her homeland by the Nazis. With Two Lives, Seth has written "a truly heroic tale which demonstrates just how much can sometimes be achieved against monstrous odds." (Washington Times)

"Surrender to this strange, beguiling world and be swept away on the wings of story. . . . It is difficult to imagine that many contemporary writers could give us a novel that provides so much deep satisfaction." --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book WorldA sweeping panoramic portrait of a complex, multiethnic society in flux, A Suitable Boy tells the story of ordinary people caught up in a web of love, ambition, humor, sadness, prejudice, reconciliation, the most delicate social etiquette, and the most appalling violence.Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: the tale of Lata's--and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra's--attempts to find a suitable boy for Lata, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. Set in the early 1950s in an India newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis, this compelling story takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively readable tale of their lives and loves.

The three T'ang dynasty poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China, or indeed the world. Responding differently to their common times, Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu crystallize the immense variety of China and the Chinese poetic tradition and, across a distance of twelve hundred years, move the reader as it is rare for even poetry to do.

For the first time, the complete collected poems from the author of A SUITABLE BOY, 'The best writer of his generation' (THE TIMES)

* A story of love and survival amidst the great events of the twentieth century.

The author of the international bestseller A Suitable Boy returns with a powerful and deeply romantic tale of two gifted musicians. Michael Holme is a violinist, a member of the successful Maggiore Quartet. He has long been haunted, though, by memories of the pianist he loved and left ten years earlier, Julia McNicholl. Now Julia, married and the mother of a small child, unexpectedly reenters his life and the romance flares up once more. Against the magical backdrop of Venice and Vienna, the two lovers confront the truth about themselves and their love, about the music that both unites and divides them, and about a devastating secret that Julia must finally reveal. With poetic, evocative writing and a brilliant portrait of the international music scene, An Equal Music confirms Vikram Seth as one of the world's finest and most enticing writers.

After two years as a postgraduate student at Nanjing University in China, Vikram Seth hitch-hiked back to his home in New Delhi, via Tibet. From Heaven Lake is the story of his remarkable journey and his encounters with nomadic Muslims, Chinese officials, Buddhists and others.

The Golden Gate is a brilliantly achieved novel written in verse. Set in the 1980s in the affluence and sunshine of California's Silicon Valley, it is an exuberant and witty story of twenty-somethings looking for love, pleasure and the meaning of life. It was awarded the 1986 British Airways Commonwealth Poetry Prize.

A powerful love story from the author of the international bestseller A SUITABLE BOY

Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old alike

The 20th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel by Vikram Seth. Now a major BBC drama. NAMED ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD

A breathtaking new collection of poetry from Vikram Seth, author of A SUITABLE BOY and 'the best writer of his generation' (THE TIMES)

'A rich poetic experience' (Independent) from the author of A SUITABLE BOY

Widely celebrated as the author of the worldwide bestselling novels A SUITABLE BOY and AN EQUAL MUSIC, Vikram Seth is also a highly acclaimed poet with a substantial body of work. Here, for the first time in one volume, readers can appreciate the beauty and scope of his poetic vision. Including MAPPINGS, THE HUMBLE ADMINISTRATOR'S GARDEN, ALL YOU WHO SLEEP TONIGHT, THREE CHINESE POETS, BEASTLY TALES FROM HERE AND THERE, ARION AND THE DOLPHIN, THE RIVERED EARTH and SUMMER REQUIEM, this collection displays the richness of Vikram Seth's imagination and the brilliant diversity of his craft.

The award-winning BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Vikram Seth’s masterpiece‘The drama highlight of the year…this sumptuous production, wonderfully atmospheric, written with pace and performed, by an all-Indian cast, quite superbly. The novel may be vast but I was convinced by this version right from the start. Magnificent drama’ - Radio TimesA Suitable Boy is Vikram Seth's epic love story set in India. Funny and tragic, with engaging, brilliantly-observed characters, it is as close as you can get to Dickens for the twentieth century. The story unfolds through four middle-class families - the Mehras, Kapoors, Khans and Chatterjis. Lata Mehra, a university student, is under pressure from her mother to get married. But not to just anyone she happens to fall in love with. There are standards to be met and finding a husband for Lata becomes a family affair in which all the members are to play a part. The characters struggle, they try to buck the system, to break free of restraint, of interference - but ultimately their strength and sense of being comes from their family and friends. It is a celebration of ordinariness; a beautifully composed story that is an affirmation of family and friendship. In his sweeping epic, Vikram Seth has created an entire world filled with warmth, humour, pathos, tragedy - in short, life. Recorded on location in India, A Suitable Boy is made by the production team behind the award-winning Bleak House and The Handmaid's Tale.Shortlisted for the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, 1993.Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1994.Winner of the WH Smith Literary Award, 1994.Dramatised and directed by John Dryden. A Goldhawk Production.Duration: approx. 6 hours on 5 CDs.

Savita heiratet Pran, einen jungen Mann, den sie kaum kennt. Die prunkvolle Zeremonie ist noch nicht beendet, da widmet die Mutter der Braut sich schon ihrer nächsten Aufgabe: eine gute Partie für ihre jüngste Tochter zu finden. Denn die schöne Lata wird schon neunzehn, aber der passende Mann muss natürlich der richtigen Kaste entstammen, und hellhäutig soll er auch noch sein. In dieser einfachen Konstellation findet Vikram Seth alles, um uns Indien, seine Tänze und Tränen, vor Augen zu stellen, seine Farben und Stoffe, sein Glück und sein Leid. ?Seth verfügt über ein erzählerisches Naturtalent, einen ordnenden Intellekt, eine überbordende Phantasie und eine virtuose Beherrschung der englischen Sprache.? Die Zeit

Sovremennyj klassik Vikram Set - nastojaschij grazhdanin mira. Rodilsja v Indii, uchilsja v Oksforde, a takzhe v Stenfordskom universitete v Kalifornii, gde vmesto dissertatsii po ekonomike napisal svoj pervyj roman "Zolotye Vorota" ob amerikanskikh jappi - i eto byl roman v stikhakh; bolee togo, ot nachala do kontsa napisannyj oneginskoj strofoj. A cherez mnogo let raboty vyshel i "Dostojnyj zhenikh" - "epopeja, mnogofigurnaja, kak romany Dikkensa ili Trollopa, i neobjatnaja, kak sama Indija" (San Francisco Chronicle), rekordnaja po mnogim pokazateljam: samyj dlinnyj v istorii anglijskoj literatury roman, kakoj udavalos opublikovat odnim tomom; perevody na tri desjatka jazykov i vsemirnyj tirazh, dostigshij 26 millionov ekzempljarov. Dejstvie proiskhodit v vymyshlennom gorode Brakhmpur na beregu Ganga vskore posle obretenija Indiej nezavisimosti; gospozha Rupa Mera, vydav zamuzh starshuju doch Savitu, pytaetsja najti dostojnogo zhenikha dlja mladshej docheri, studentki Laty, - a ta, kak devushka sovremennaja, imeet svoe mnenie na etot schet i sklonna slushat ne starshikh, a sobstvennoe serdtse... V 2020 godu pervyj kanal Bi-bi-si vypustil po romanu mini-serial, izvestnyj po-russki kak "Podkhodjaschij zhenikh"; postanovschikom vystupila Mira Nair ("Jarmarka tscheslavija", "Nju-Jork, ja ljublju tebja"), a stsenarij napisal proslavlennyj Endrju Devis ("Otverzhennye", "Vojna i mir", "Vozvraschenie v Brajdskhed", "Nortengerskoe abbatstvo", "Razum i chuvstva").

Sovremennyj klassik Vikram Set - nastojaschij grazhdanin mira. Rodilsja v Indii, uchilsja v Oksforde, a takzhe v Stenfordskom universitete v Kalifornii, gde vmesto dissertatsii po ekonomike napisal svoj pervyj roman "Zolotye Vorota" ob amerikanskikh jappi - i eto byl roman v stikhakh; bolee togo, ot nachala do kontsa napisannyj oneginskoj strofoj. A cherez mnogo let raboty vyshel i "Dostojnyj zhenikh" - "epopeja, mnogofigurnaja, kak romany Dikkensa ili Trollopa, i neobjatnaja, kak sama Indija" (San Francisco Chronicle), rekordnaja po mnogim pokazateljam: samyj dlinnyj v istorii anglijskoj literatury roman, kakoj udavalos opublikovat odnim tomom; perevody na tri desjatka jazykov i vsemirnyj tirazh, dostigshij 26 millionov ekzempljarov. Dejstvie proiskhodit v vymyshlennom gorode Brakhmpur na beregu Ganga vskore posle obretenija Indiej nezavisimosti; gospozha Rupa Mera, vydav zamuzh starshuju doch Savitu, pytaetsja najti dostojnogo zhenikha dlja mladshej docheri, studentki Laty, - a ta, kak devushka sovremennaja, imeet svoe mnenie na etot schet i sklonna slushat ne starshikh, a svoe serdtse. Teper ej predstoit vybrat iz trekh ukhazherov - sverstnika-studenta Kabira, znamenitogo poeta Amita i Kharesha, voskhodjaschej zvezdy obuvnogo biznesa... V 2020 godu pervyj kanal Bi-bi-si vypustil po romanu mini-serial, izvestnyj po-russki kak "Podkhodjaschij zhenikh"; postanovschikom vystupila Mira Nair ("Jarmarka tscheslavija", "Nju-Jork, ja ljublju tebja"), a stsenarij napisal proslavlennyj Endrju Devis ("Otverzhennye", "Vojna i mir", "Vozvraschenie v Brajdskhed", "Nortengerskoe abbatstvo", "Razum i chuvstva").