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The Golden Gate
by Vikram Seth
I read [b:A Suitable Boy|904265|A Suitable Boy|Vikram Seth|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328044924s/904265.jpg|1651078] years ago and loved it. Because I did, I then read [b:An Equal Music|50366|An Equal Music|Vikram Seth|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403192766s/50366.jpg|2307024], which I liked a lot. But knowing Seth's first novel, this one, was in verse, I put it off. If I'd remembered it, after reading its inspiration, [b:Eugene Onegin|27822|Eugene Onegin|Alexander Pushkin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388373138s/27822.jpg|1795311], I may have read it sooner; but at least the mention of ASB by a non-GR friend got me to take this out of the library.
It took a little while to get into the rhythm, so to speak, but once I did, it was smooth sailing. (I was even dreaming in rhymed sentences last night -- don't ask me what they were, though.) I was drawn in to the lives of the characters, the narrative voice (Vikram himself), the story with its range of emotions; but what I liked the most, I think, was its prevailing tone, which, even with its sometimes serious topics, is just plain fun.
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Seth wrote this while working toward a PhD in the economic demography of China while at Stanford. I wonder if he ever finished that ...
And according to Wikipedia, he's working on a sequel to ASB called "A Suitable Girl," to be published in 2013. I look forward to that, as I think Seth is brilliant.
It took a little while to get into the rhythm, so to speak, but once I did, it was smooth sailing. (I was even dreaming in rhymed sentences last night -- don't ask me what they were, though.) I was drawn in to the lives of the characters, the narrative voice (Vikram himself), the story with its range of emotions; but what I liked the most, I think, was its prevailing tone, which, even with its sometimes serious topics, is just plain fun.
*
Seth wrote this while working toward a PhD in the economic demography of China while at Stanford. I wonder if he ever finished that ...
And according to Wikipedia, he's working on a sequel to ASB called "A Suitable Girl," to be published in 2013. I look forward to that, as I think Seth is brilliant.