Meet Vikram Seth's 'Suitable Girl' in 2013

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Meet Vikram Seth's 'Suitable Girl' in 2013

Saturday, 13 November 2010 02:29

Readers who loved 'A Suitable Boy' will soon have another Vikram Seth novel to munch on: 'A Suitable Girl'. The next magnum opus from the author of The Golden Gate will release in 2013. Speaking at the first Indian edition of the Hay Literary Festival which began Friday, Seth said his new book would "revisit the family in A Suitable Boy".

"The story of 'A Suitable Boy' is 60 years old and many of the characters would obviously have grown old," he said, and explained that the new work will take this into account. However, Seth also pointedly said, ‘‘I don’t intend to fill all the gaps.’’

Seth denied that socio-economic changes in India would seriously inspire the sequel. ‘‘I don’t think so. It may not include those items except indirectly,’’ he said at an interactive session.

Asked what it was like to revisit ‘A Suitable Boy’, Seth said, ‘‘I haven’t read it. It’s far too big. I think I will have to do it.’’ He added that he hadn’t stopped writing poetry, only publishing it.

13 Nov, 2010 0348hrs IST TNN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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