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Vikram Seth often writes about travel, love, loss, and Indian history. His eight books of poetry include Mappings, The Humble Administrator’s Garden, and Three Chinese Poets. It was with the publication of A Suitable Boy, a novel, in 1980 that brought him into the public eye. It was followed by another novel, An Equal Music.
- All You Who Sleep Tonight. All you who sleep tonight. Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right. And emptiness above - ... Read Poem.
- Round And Round. After a long and wretched flight. That stretched from daylight into night, Where babies wept and tempers shattered. And the plane lurched and whiskey splattered.
- The Frog And The Nightingale. Once upon a time a frog. Croaked away in Bingle Bog. Every night from dusk to dawn. He croaked awn and awn and awn.
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Vikram Seth’s famous work, ‘The Tale of Melon City,’ is well-known for being a humorous and almost child-like poem in the uniquely ridiculous nature of its story.
From his epic novel “A Suitable Boy” to his poignant poetry collections, we will explore the many facets of Vikram Seth’s literary genius and gain a deeper appreciation for his contributions to the world of literature.
In 2009 Seth contributed four poems to Oxfam which are used as introductions to each of the four collections of UK stories which form Oxfam's 'Ox-Tales' book project.
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Feb 19, 2022 · Vikram Seth sifts through the many shades of love—lost, remembered, and deferred. He dons other voices like that of the poet Mirza Ghalib after the mutiny; a German commander at Auschwitz; a Japanese doctor in Hiroshima after the bombing, thoughts too painful perhaps to be shared in his own.
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All you who sleep tonight. Far from the ones you love, No hands to left or right, And emptiness above –. Know that you aren’t alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all their years. © 1992, Vikram Seth.
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