by Vikram Seth · Faber And Faber Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571148271
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«The Golden Gate» is Vikram Seth's novel in verse, published by Faber And Faber Limited in paperback (307 pages, in English).
Set in San Francisco in the 1980s, it follows a group of young professionals seeking love and meaning in their lives. Written in narrative verse, the work combines irony and emotion to portray friendship, loss, and the search for happiness in Reagan-era California.
Originally published in 1986; this paperback edition dates from 1987. Winner of the California Book Award and finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
For readers of literary fiction and narrative poetry, as well as book clubs interested in contemporary Indian literature.
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet. The author of three novels and several collections of poetry, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri, a Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the WH Smith Literary Award and the Crossword Book Award. Seth's collections of poetry such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon, and he is regarded as the greatest Indian writer in English of all time.
