Two Lives: A Memoir - Brossura

Seth, Vikram

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ISBN 10: 0060599677 ISBN 13: 9780060599676

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2006

Riassunto

Widely acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living writers, Vikram Seth -- author of the international bestseller A Suitable Boy -- tells the heartrending true story of a friendship, a marriage, and a century. Weaving together the strands of two extraordinary lives -- Shanti Behari Seth, an immigrant from India who came to Berlin to study in the 1930s, and Helga Gerda Caro, the young German Jewish woman he befriended and later married -- Two Lives is both a history of a violent era seen through the eyes of two survivors and an intimate, unforgettable portrait of a complex, abiding love.

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Recensione:

“[A] thoughtful, evocative, moving book . . . [Seth] is an amazingly gifted, accomplished, resourceful and charming writer.” (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World)

“A great love story, involving two remarkable people.” (New York Times)

“Seth turns biography into powerful literature, distilling the universal human emotions of passion, grief and the will to survive.” (Denver Post)

“Full of affection and tenderness . . . An unfailingly respectful memoirist.” (Anita Desai, New York Review of Books)

“A subtle portrait of the complexities of a long companionship . . . A wonderful book.” (The Economist)

“I cannot remember ever being quite so moved by a memoir... [Seth’s] achievement has exceeded all possible expectations.” (Simon Winchester)

“Irresistible... Another triumph for one the most versatile and engaging of all contemporary writers... An immensely moving narrative.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred))

“Eloquent and elegiacal . . . An intricate study of the way lives and worlds can intertwine.” (Los Angeles Book Review)

“Sensitive and compassionate... Fulfills the obligation Primo Levi once defined for writers on the Holocaust: it is unadorned and clear.” (Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review)

“Seth has few equals as a literary techinician.” (The New Yorker)

L'autore:

Vikram Seth has written acclaimed books in several genres: verse novel, The Golden Gate; travel book, From Heaven Lake; animal fables, Beastly Tales; epic fiction, A Suitable Boy. His most recent novel, An Equal Music, was published in 1999. He lives in England and India.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060599677
• ISBN 13: 9780060599676
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 503