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In his second collection of poems, Vikram Seth reflects on three cultures he knows well: India, California and China. The poet Donald Davie writes: Vikram Seth s poems should have an impact far beyond much noisier pieces; for when did we last see a volume in which the poet s eye is on what is objectively before him, rather than on the intricacies of his own sensibility?
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Born in Calcutta in 1952, Vikram Seth studied at Oxford, Stanford University and in China. He is a noted travel writer. From Heaven Lake, an account of his walk through Sinkiang and Tibet, received the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award in 1983. The Humble Administrator's Garden, first published in 1985, won a commonwealth Poetry Prize and his best-selling verse novel, The Golden Gate, was widely acclaimed when it appeared in 1986. His subsequent novel, A Suitable Boy, was a worldwide bestseller.
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- PublisherPENGUIN INDIA
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0143418149
- ISBN 13 9780143418146
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages70
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