Two Lives: A Memoir, (Paperback)

from kmstock

Another by one of my favourite authors, and this one spans a large amount of time and space, so right up my alley. It's a bit like a partial memoir, starting by tracing Vikram Seth's move to the UK as a teenager, and then his first few years, then the focus shifts to first his Uncle and then his ...

from kgodey

Two Lives: A Memoir is the first Vikram Seth book I've read (I seem to be making a habit of introducing myself to authors who primarily write fiction by reading their non-fiction work; the only Barbara Kingsolver book I've read is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and On Writing is the only Stephen Kin...

from kambrogi

Vikram Seth's work is always a surprise. Whether it's a travel memoir, a book-length poem, or a brilliant epic of Indian life, he is bound to be investigating something new. And this book is no exception. Seth's memoir focuses little on himself, mostly on his aunt and uncle. Shanti Uncle was an I...

from Shmuel510

Vikram Seth never writes the same book twice. I don't know what's next, but it would not surprise me too terribly much if it were a brilliant 200-page coloring book about a family of flamingos. (It would, of course, have a sonnet in the dedication. It's nice to have at least one constant.) This o...

from davidroche

Seth is a genius. Autobiography or a crafted and woven narrative?