Set in newly independent India, Nehrus early 1950s, this adipose saga counterbalances a book. Winner of the WH Smith Literary Award, 1994.ĭramatised and directed by John Dryden. by Vikram Seth RELEASE DATE: May 12, 1993. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1994. Shortlisted for the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, 1993. Recorded on location in India, A Suitable Boy is made by the production team behind the award-winning Bleak House and The Handmaid's Tale.
In his sweeping epic, Vikram Seth has created an entire world filled with warmth, humour, pathos, tragedy - in short, life. It is a celebration of ordinariness a beautifully composed story that is an affirmation of family and friendship. The characters struggle, they try to buck the system, to break free of restraint, of interference - but ultimately their strength and sense of being comes from their family and friends. There are standards to be met and finding a husband for Lata becomes a family affair in which all the members are to play a part. But not to just anyone she happens to fall in love with. Lata Mehra, a university student, is under pressure from her mother to get married. The story unfolds through four middle-class families - the Mehras, Kapoors, Khans and Chatterjis. Funny and tragic, with engaging, brilliantly-observed characters, it is as close as you can get to Dickens for the twentieth century. Magnificent drama' - Radio TimesĪ Suitable Boy is Vikram Seth's epic love story set in India. The novel may be vast but I was convinced by this version right from the start. 'The drama highlight of the year.this sumptuous production, wonderfully atmospheric, written with pace and performed, by an all-Indian cast, quite superbly. The award-winning BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Vikram Seth's masterpiece A Suitable Boy is now a major 2020 BBC TV series, and one of the BBC's 100 novels that shaped our world.
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