A Suitable Boy (English, Paperback, Vikram Seth)
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 9780140230338, 0140230335
- Edition: 1st Edition, 2000
- Pages: 1368
A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, which is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India. It offers satirical and earnest examinations, by turns, of social and political issues during the period.
Summary of the Book
The book is divided into 19 parts with each part focusing on a different subplot, and the story revolves around four families over a period of 18 months. Mrs. Rupa Mehra's attempts to get her younger daughter, Lata, wedded to a "suitable boy" is the central plot. Lata, a 19-year-old student doesn’t want to be controlled by her mother or her arrogant brother, Arun. She is forced to make a choice between her suitors: Kabir, Haresh, and Amit, for marriage. The book also depicts several national issues of the time, including the Hindu-Muslim dispute, the status of lower caste population like the jatav, land reforms leading to the decline in the power of the feudal princes and landlords, academic affairs, eradication of the Zamindari system, and family relationships.
About Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet. Some of the awards he has been honoured with include Padma Shri, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award, and Crossword Book Award. Some of his notable works include All You Who Sleep Tonight, The Golden Gate, An Equal Music, and A Suitable Girl, which is due for publication in 2016.
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A Suitable Boy Review
It meant different things to me at all ages.
A great book which if you have the patience to read, will show you what an Indian family is like .
Set in the times of post-partition India, it takes you through the life of Lata and how everything comes together to find a suitable boy for her.
Awaiting eagerly for Vikram Seth's A Suitable Girl.
Amrita Roy
Dec, 2011
Thick book ....Great book
One would just wonder at the research put in by the author - one of the finest in English literature today. To weave such a rich story requires a in-depth study of diverse fields such as politics, fine arts and l...
Prasanna N
Certified Buyer
Jan, 2013
You can make a star-plus serial out of it...but one that is far superior to the daily melodramas!
Spun to this main story are a lot of social scenarios. The pathos of muslim women and the conserved life in the muslim society.
Then there is a whole act about the Zamindari Abolition Law. Don't be scared-it's not a lesson in law as it sounds!
Ghazals make rounds as life takes ups and downs with the characters.
By the time it's ending you would agree like me with the Observer's review about it:
"As with all the...
Rajesh Bhattad
Mar, 2012
Excellent storytelling
The story is so engrossing, each character so completely developed and be...
Ambika Gautam
Certified Buyer
Apr, 2013
Enjoyable
Vaibhav Srivastava
Sep, 2012
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Pooja Sharma
Feb, 2012
A Suitable Boy
If Midnight’s Children is India’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, then A Suitable Boy must be its War and Peace. It’s got the same melding of personal lives seen in amidst great national events. Instead of the romance of Natasha and Pierre, it’s that of Lata and her three suitors. Instead of the war with France, we have the post-Independence and post-Partition politics of a nation ...
Vishnu V A
Apr, 2014
Awesome book !
neelu
Certified Buyer
Sep, 2013
Awesom!!!
Megha Phirangi
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Jan, 2012
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