A worthy groom. Book 1
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Modern classic Vikram Seth is a real citizen of the world. Born in India, studied at Oxford, as well as at Stanford University in California, where instead of a dissertation in economics he wrote his first novel “Golden Gate” about American Jappi - and it was a novel in verses, moreover, from the beginning written by the Onegin stanza . And after many years of work, “a worthy groom” came out - “epic, multi -figured, like Dickens or trollop novels, and immense, like India itself” (San Francisco Chronicle), record in many respects: the longest romance in the history of English literature, which It was possible to publish in one volume, translations into three dozen languages and a worldwide circulation, reaching 26 million copies.
The action takes place in the fictional city of Brahmpur on the banks of the Ganges shortly after India gained independence, Madame Rupa Mera, having married the eldest daughter Savita, is trying to find a worthy groom for the youngest daughter, a student of Lata, and she, as a modern girl, has her own Opinion on this subject is inclined to listen not to the elders, but its own heart ...
In 2020, the First Channel of the BBC released on the novel a mini-series, known in Russian as a “suitable groom”, the director Nair (“Fair of Vanity”, “New York, I love you” acted as a “suitable groom”. ), and the script was written by the illustrious Andrew Davis (“outcasts”, “war and peace”, “return to Braidshead”, “Northenger abbey”, “Reason and feelings”)
The action takes place in the fictional city of Brahmpur on the banks of the Ganges shortly after India gained independence, Madame Rupa Mera, having married the eldest daughter Savita, is trying to find a worthy groom for the youngest daughter, a student of Lata, and she, as a modern girl, has her own Opinion on this subject is inclined to listen not to the elders, but its own heart ...
In 2020, the First Channel of the BBC released on the novel a mini-series, known in Russian as a “suitable groom”, the director Nair (“Fair of Vanity”, “New York, I love you” acted as a “suitable groom”. ), and the script was written by the illustrious Andrew Davis (“outcasts”, “war and peace”, “return to Braidshead”, “Northenger abbey”, “Reason and feelings”)
Author:
Author:Seth Vikram
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-19027-6
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