The Resource A suitable boy : a novel, Vikram Seth
A suitable boy : a novel, Vikram Seth
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- Summary
- Set in 1950's India, Mrs. Rupa Mehra attempts to find a 'suitable' husband for her daughter. Potential suitors are appraised by members of the whole family for their merits and respectability. With Lata studying English at Brahmpur University, however, there lurks the possibility that she will fall in love with someone of her own choice whom her mother may not approve. Lata's story is recalled along with those of friends and relatives against the backdrop of India's first General Election
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1474 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060786526
- Label
- A suitable boy : a novel
- Title
- A suitable boy
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Vikram Seth
- Subject
-
- trueFamily relationships -- India
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueExtended families -- India
- trueGentry -- India
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueIndia -- History -- 1947
- India -- History -- 1947- -- Fiction
- trueLand reform -- India
- trueLove stories
- trueMothers and daughters -- India
- trueRich families -- India
- Romance fiction
- trueUpper class -- India
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Set in 1950's India, Mrs. Rupa Mehra attempts to find a 'suitable' husband for her daughter. Potential suitors are appraised by members of the whole family for their merits and respectability. With Lata studying English at Brahmpur University, however, there lurks the possibility that she will fall in love with someone of her own choice whom her mother may not approve. Lata's story is recalled along with those of friends and relatives against the backdrop of India's first General Election
- Summary
- While a widowed mother agonizes over her daughter's future, the newly independent India of the early 1950s struggles through a time of great crisis when its varied cultures clash
- Award
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- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book, 1994.
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South Asia and Europe: Best Book, 1994.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 054885
- Cataloging source
- DGW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Seth, Vikram
- Dewey number
- 828.9935
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- India
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A suitable boy : a novel, Vikram Seth
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 1474 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060786526
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 64444232
- (OCoLC)64444232
- Label
- A suitable boy : a novel, Vikram Seth
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 1474 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060786526
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 64444232
- (OCoLC)64444232
Subject
- trueFamily relationships -- India
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueExtended families -- India
- trueGentry -- India
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueIndia -- History -- 1947
- India -- History -- 1947- -- Fiction
- trueLand reform -- India
- trueLove stories
- trueMothers and daughters -- India
- trueRich families -- India
- Romance fiction
- trueUpper class -- India
Genre
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- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book
- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book: Regional Award: South Asia & Europe
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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