Vikram Seth

He is best known for his novels: The Golden Gate (1986), about San Francisco, written in verse as a very long sonnet sequence; A Suitable Boy (1993), a very long panoramic view of India in the nineteenth century Russian style; and An Equal Music (1999 in literature|1999).

Other works:

Poetry

• Mappings (1980)
• From Heaven Lake (1983)
• The Humble Administrator's Garden (1985)
• All You Who Sleep Tonight (1990),
• Beastly Tales (1991)
• Three Chinese Poets (1992)

Libretto

• Arion and the Dolphin (1994) for the English National Opera; published as an illustrated book.

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