All You Who Sleep Tonight
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A celebrated collection of lyric poetry, All You Who Sleep Tonight presents Vikram Seth's masterful command of traditional verse forms — sonnets, ballads, and elegies — to chronicle the full emotional spectrum of human experience. With quiet precision and restrained elegance, the poems illuminate themes of love, loss, longing, exile, and the bittersweet passage of time. Seth's voice is intimate yet universal, drawing readers into moments of private grief and tender connection with equal grace. The collection is organized into five thematic sections — Romantic Residues, In Other Voices, Meditations, Fictions, and Dedications — each offering a distinct emotional register while maintaining a cohesive, contemplative tone throughout. Widely admired for its formal discipline and emotional honesty, this work stands as a testament to Seth's rare ability to make classical poetic structures feel deeply personal and urgently alive.
Author: Vikram Seth
Format: Hardback
Published: 1990, Alfred A. Knopf
Genre: Poetry
Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A celebrated collection of lyric poetry, All You Who Sleep Tonight presents Vikram Seth's masterful command of traditional verse forms — sonnets, ballads, and elegies — to chronicle the full emotional spectrum of human experience. With quiet precision and restrained elegance, the poems illuminate themes of love, loss, longing, exile, and the bittersweet passage of time. Seth's voice is intimate yet universal, drawing readers into moments of private grief and tender connection with equal grace. The collection is organized into five thematic sections — Romantic Residues, In Other Voices, Meditations, Fictions, and Dedications — each offering a distinct emotional register while maintaining a cohesive, contemplative tone throughout. Widely admired for its formal discipline and emotional honesty, this work stands as a testament to Seth's rare ability to make classical poetic structures feel deeply personal and urgently alive.