3 Review(s)

Vikram Seth’s magnificent facility with language, his effortless access to the deepest reservoirs of feeling, and his ability to light up everyday moments are in full display in this collection of poems. He delves into the varieties of love - lost, remembered, and deferred. He speaks of life’s ironies, horrors and regrets in ‘other voices’ the poet Mirza Ghalib; a German commander at Auschwitz; a Japanese doctor in Hiroshima after the bombing. He shows us a mountain dawn in Garhwal; conducts us through Lion Grove in Suzhou, China, and across the Golden Gate Bridge on its fiftieth anniversary. Poignant, witty and wise by turns, and always deeply and bravely human, the poems in these pages are unforgettable.||About the Author||One of the most celebrated writers of our time, Vikram Seth is the author of three novels including A Suitable Boy and The Golden Gate (a novel in verse) that are widely regarded as modern classics and two works of non-fiction. He has also written seven books of poetry, which include an opera libretto and a book of other libretti. He divides his time between the UK and India.