- Fiction, India in fiction, History, Indian literature
The tale of Lata's and her mother's attempts to find a suitable boy, through love or through maternal appraisal. Set in post-independence India and involving the lives of four families, it is also an explanation of a whole continent faced with its first great General Election.
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Epic, earnest, contemplative and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Vikram Seth
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 1408
- Publisher
- BBC Audiobooks America, BCA, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781858498164
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“'You too will marry a boy I choose,' said Mrs Rupa Mehra firmly to her younger daughter.”
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