朋友推荐Vikram Seth的《An Equal Music》,去书店没找到,顺手买了他的《A Suitable Boy》,1504页的英文,厚厚的像电话黄页。假如今年能啃下来,也算精读了一本书。摘几句书评:
Vikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, a tale of Lata - and her mother's attempts to find a suitable boy, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. Set in post-Independence India and involving the lives of four large families and those who orbit them, it is also a vast panoramic exploration of a whole continent at a crucial hour as a sixth of the world's population faces its first great General Election and the chance to map its own destiny. 'A Suitable Boy may prove to be the most fecund as well as the most prodigious work of the latter half of this century - perhaps even the book to restore the serious reading public's faith in the contemporary novel ... You should make time for it. It will keep you company for the
rest of your life' - by Daniel Johnson, The Times