Questions tagged [vikram-seth]
For questions about the Indian author Vikram Seth and his works. Questions about his works should be tagged either with the appropriate novel tag, or with [poetry] if they are questions about his short poems.
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Parsing some lines from Vikram Seth's "From a Traveller"
Vikram Seth's long poem "From a Traveller" depicts the speaker on a train from Nanjing to Beijing, replying to a letter from an ex-lover in San Francisco. He reminisces about their time ...
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Who are "The They" in Vikram Seth's poem of that name?
Vikram Seth's brief poem "The They" reads as follows:
They have left me the quiet gift of fearing.
I am consumed by fear, chilling and searing.
I shiver at night. I cannot sleep. I burn
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In "An Equal Music," why did Michael think Julia was crying?
In section 4.1 of Vikram Seth's novel An Equal Music, the narrator (Michael) thinks:
It was when I mentioned the nightingale that Julia’s eyes filled so suddenly — surprisingly, but not unaccountably,...
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In Vikram Seth's "Two Lives", was Hans merely pretending to be a Nazi, or did he really become one
Two Lives is a biography of Vikram Seth's great-uncle and great-aunt, Shanti Seth and Henny Caro. I read it around 20 years ago. They lived in Germany until shortly before World War II, where they ...
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What does Vikram Seth mean when he says that his novels transmit the "jamuni" part of Indian culture?
In this interview with the BBC, Vikram Seth discusses his translation of the Hanuman Chalisa. Asked about the intended audience, he replies:
It is for . . . our diaspora abroad who feel they have ...
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What does this paragraph of "An Equal Music" by Vikram Seth mean?
I'm (re-)reading "An Equal Music" by Vikram Seth and encountered the following paragraph which I do not understand.
For context, the book is written in first person perspective (although that isn't ...
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