The Resource A suitable boy : a novel, Vikram Seth
A suitable boy : a novel, Vikram Seth
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The item A suitable boy : a novel, Vikram Seth represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Westfield Washington Public Library.
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 1349 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060170127
- 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
- Domestic fiction
- trueExtended families -- India
- trueGentry -- India
- trueHistorical fiction
- India -- Fiction
- trueIndia -- History -- 1947
- trueLand reform -- India
- trueLove stories
- Love stories
- trueMothers and daughters -- India
- trueRich families -- India
- trueUpper class -- India
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Mrs. Rupa Mehra is trying to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter, Lata, with a "suitable boy". Lata is a 19-year-old college girl, vulnerable yet determined to have her own way and not be influenced by her strong mother and opinionated brother, Arun. Her story revolves around the choice she is forced to make between her suitors: Kabir, Haresh, and Amit.
- Award
-
- 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
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Seth, Vikram
- Dewey number
- 823
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9499.3.S38
- LC item number
- S83 1993
- 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
- Control code
- 35384
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 1349 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060170127
- Lccn
- 92054744
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm27013350
- 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
- Control code
- 35384
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 1349 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060170127
- Lccn
- 92054744
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm27013350
Subject
- trueFamily relationships -- India
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- Domestic fiction
- trueExtended families -- India
- trueGentry -- India
- trueHistorical fiction
- India -- Fiction
- trueIndia -- History -- 1947
- trueLand reform -- India
- trueLove stories
- Love stories
- trueMothers and daughters -- India
- trueRich families -- India
- trueUpper class -- India
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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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