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A retelling of the ancient Greek legend of a young Corinthian musician who, having won a gold prize for his singing, is thrown overboard by greedy sailors and befriends a dolphin who becomes his rescuer and protector. ... Read more

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Out of print? Aaargh!
Beg, borrow or steal this from someone and read it. Truly a beautiful tale, told in Seth's unique verse.

Cute story with an important message
I am a big Vikram Seth fan and this was a cute children's book.The drawings are simple, yet effective.The story is close to a classic Grimm tale, an animal that helps a human, but ends up getting killed by humans keeping it in captivity.Maybe not suited for very young children, but a very well written story.A story that you can discuss afterwards on themes portrayed, asking questions like what would you have done? ... Read more

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Una década antes de alcanzar la celebridad con su novela Un buen partido, Vikram Seth pasó dos años en China, estudiando en la universidad de Nanjing. En 1981, aprovechando las vacaciones de verano, el escritor indio decidió hacer el camino de regreso a Nueva Delhi a través de Tíbet y Nepal. Su plan era atravesar la provincia de Sinkiang y visitar el legendario lago del Cielo, en el noroeste del país, para intentar luego entrar en el Tíbet y llegar a la ciudad de Lasha; luego seguiría viajando hacia Katmandú. El problema era que viajaba haciendo autoestop y que no estaba seguro de poder eludir los severos controles fronterizos. El relato de ese itinerario apasionante, plagado de sorpresas y anécdotas y escrito con un agudo sentido del detalle, mereció en 1983 el prestigioso premio Thomas Cook de literatura de viajes. El lago del Cielo es el lago Namtso, cerca de Lhasa, el lago salado más alto del mundo (a 4.700 metros de altitud), con una superficie de 1.800 kilómetros cuadrados. / After two years as a postgraduate student at Nanjing University in China, Vikram Seth hitch-hiked back to his home in New Delhi, via Tibet.  From Heaven Lake is the story of his remarkable journey and his encounters with nomadic Muslims, Chinese officials, Buddhists and other people. ... Read more

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IS A SELECTION OF THE BEST FICTION AND POETRY THAT APPEARED IN VAGARTHA. ... Read more

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Not a nice man to know
Anything written by Khushwant Singh is gem. I loved his writing since age 17 when he was editing Illustrated weekly of Inida and in fact his writing has shaped my writing a lot. Exceptionally frank author. Must read book. Dr PSNagi ... Read more