A Suitable Boy
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the vivid backdrop of newly independent India in the early 1950s, A Suitable Boy chronicles the journey of Mrs. Rupa Mehra, a determined widow on a singular mission: to find the perfect husband for her spirited younger daughter, Lata, before the year is out. Spanning four sprawling families — the Mehras, Kapoors, Khans, and Chatterjis — Vikram Seth's monumental novel presents a panoramic portrait of a nation in flux, weaving together threads of romance, politics, religion, and class with breathtaking scope and intimacy. At over 1,400 pages, A Suitable Boy stands as one of the longest novels ever written in the English language, yet Seth's prose moves with remarkable elegance and warmth, drawing comparisons to the great 19th-century realist tradition of Tolstoy and Jane Austen. The novel argues that the personal is inextricably political, illustrating how the choices of ordinary individuals — whom to love, whom to marry — are shaped by the seismic forces of post-Partition India. Rich with an unforgettable cast of characters and suffused with humanity and wit, it leaves the reader wondering: in matters of the heart, is there ever truly a suitable answer?
Author: Vikram Seth
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the vivid backdrop of newly independent India in the early 1950s, A Suitable Boy chronicles the journey of Mrs. Rupa Mehra, a determined widow on a singular mission: to find the perfect husband for her spirited younger daughter, Lata, before the year is out. Spanning four sprawling families — the Mehras, Kapoors, Khans, and Chatterjis — Vikram Seth's monumental novel presents a panoramic portrait of a nation in flux, weaving together threads of romance, politics, religion, and class with breathtaking scope and intimacy. At over 1,400 pages, A Suitable Boy stands as one of the longest novels ever written in the English language, yet Seth's prose moves with remarkable elegance and warmth, drawing comparisons to the great 19th-century realist tradition of Tolstoy and Jane Austen. The novel argues that the personal is inextricably political, illustrating how the choices of ordinary individuals — whom to love, whom to marry — are shaped by the seismic forces of post-Partition India. Rich with an unforgettable cast of characters and suffused with humanity and wit, it leaves the reader wondering: in matters of the heart, is there ever truly a suitable answer?