Vikram Seth - A suitable boy
At present , something which is keeping me engrossed , and has successfully managed to banish away all thoughts of Abhishek Bachchan from my mind(although , i did see Bluffmaster and Yuva for a second time some days back) is Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy.
Okay , not only Abhishek thoughts...but that shall do for now :0)
This 1375 paged novel is Vikram Seth's 'magnum opus' novel , which simply means it has surpassed all other novels of his in fame and suppressed the recent 'Two Lives' in terms of popularity.
Do correct me if i am wrong , though.
I have been reading this novel for something like ages (two to three weeks to be a leetle more precise!) , and am still in the 704'th page or something. 12'th chapter , i think.
A point which needs to be stressed upon is that this book is large , voluminous , gigantic...i think i could read both the Ramayana and the Mahabharatha (unabridged versions , mind you) faster , that me crossing the 1000th page of this Seth novel. While that is a very stupid example , the truth is finishing this book without skipping any pages is a Herculean task :)
Anyway , this is a family story , which means that it involves a lot of drama , emotions , poetry and everything required to make a family story a family story. The core story is about a mother's search of a 'good' husband for her daughter (which involves some lectures too , i forgot to add that) , but ofcourse , interwined with plots and subplots , most of them boring , which i hear is a typical Vikram Seth style. Not the boring parts , that was my own opinion , but the plots and sub-plots.
At first (by first i mean the first 200-300 pages) , it is altogether very interesting , but later(400-600 pages) , it becomes dull and lifeless.
Anyway , i am said to be of an extremely biased nature , so i will give this book a chance and read it till the end , yes till the end :-) , and then deliver my verdict!
Until then!
Some Abhishek pics from my Orkut album ;)
Okay , not only Abhishek thoughts...but that shall do for now :0)
This 1375 paged novel is Vikram Seth's 'magnum opus' novel , which simply means it has surpassed all other novels of his in fame and suppressed the recent 'Two Lives' in terms of popularity.
Do correct me if i am wrong , though.
I have been reading this novel for something like ages (two to three weeks to be a leetle more precise!) , and am still in the 704'th page or something. 12'th chapter , i think.
A point which needs to be stressed upon is that this book is large , voluminous , gigantic...i think i could read both the Ramayana and the Mahabharatha (unabridged versions , mind you) faster , that me crossing the 1000th page of this Seth novel. While that is a very stupid example , the truth is finishing this book without skipping any pages is a Herculean task :)
Anyway , this is a family story , which means that it involves a lot of drama , emotions , poetry and everything required to make a family story a family story. The core story is about a mother's search of a 'good' husband for her daughter (which involves some lectures too , i forgot to add that) , but ofcourse , interwined with plots and subplots , most of them boring , which i hear is a typical Vikram Seth style. Not the boring parts , that was my own opinion , but the plots and sub-plots.
At first (by first i mean the first 200-300 pages) , it is altogether very interesting , but later(400-600 pages) , it becomes dull and lifeless.
Anyway , i am said to be of an extremely biased nature , so i will give this book a chance and read it till the end , yes till the end :-) , and then deliver my verdict!
Until then!
Some Abhishek pics from my Orkut album ;)
posted by vaishali at
8:03 AM
5 Comments:
I found the first dozen pages themselves a turgid read, but I was not very fair to the book then, so maybe I should give it another try, family saga notwithstanding.
Incidentally, thanks for the comment. My story is pretty sloppy, though I like the premise myself. Because of time constraints and a need for varied technical elements, it got more than a little rambling. And I guess some of the characters turned out pretty distant. Anyway, it actually won, so thanks.
How many family sagas have you actually read , Kumar?!
Anyway , congrats over the sci-fi prize :)
I completely agree with you about A Suitable Boy. I have tried and tried to finish that book, but I haven't made it farther than page 400 or something around there. Just too many subplots that take too long to read about and don't seem to have anything to do with the story.
Even reading The World's Longest Novel (it must be close, at least) couldn't distract me from thinking about Abhishek, though. I applaud you. :)
@emily - Thanks for the comment. A suggestion - dump A suitable Boy and try An Equal Music... :o)
酒店經紀人,
菲梵酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
禮服酒店上班,
酒店小姐兼職,
便服酒店經紀,
酒店打工經紀,
制服酒店工作,
專業酒店經紀,
合法酒店經紀,
酒店暑假打工,
酒店寒假打工,
酒店經紀人,
菲梵酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
禮服酒店上班,
酒店經紀人,
菲梵酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
禮服酒店上班,
酒店小姐兼職,
便服酒店工作,
酒店打工經紀,
制服酒店經紀,
專業酒店經紀,
合法酒店經紀,
酒店暑假打工,
酒店寒假打工,
酒店經紀人,
菲梵酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
禮服酒店上班,
酒店小姐兼職,
便服酒店工作,
酒店打工經紀,
制服酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
菲
梵,酒店,
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home