by Vikram Seth · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422658252
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«Un buen partido» is the novel by Vikram Seth, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (1423 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in India in the 1950s and revolves around Lata, whose mother, Rupa Mehra, a Hindu widow, tries to find her a suitable match. The narrative uses this search to offer a broad portrait of Indian society at the time, with its contrasts, traditions and energy.
Work originally published in English as «A Suitable Boy» (1993); translation by Damián Alou for this 1995 edition.
For readers of literary and historical fiction, with an interest in India and in novels of great length and social detail.
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.
