The Golden Gate

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  Why not a novel in verse? It’s all a question of expectations, and in The Golden Gate the Indian-born poet Vikram Seth single-handedly overturns most readers’ expectations about what can, and cannot, pass as a novel. Whatever the frame of mind in whi ... (read full critics)

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  Novel in verse

  Although this novel is written in verse, the reader almost forgets that fact after a while because in all other respects, this is just like any other novel with a well paced plot, varied cast of characters, plenty of dialogue and the usual suspense about who is going to hook up with who plus some ... (continue)

  Although this novel is written in verse, the reader almost forgets that fact after a while because in all other respects, this is just like any other novel with a well paced plot, varied cast of characters, plenty of dialogue and the usual suspense about who is going to hook up with who plus some wry commentary from the author about the challenges of writing in verse.

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• English Books
• Paperback 320 Pages
• Edition: Reissue
• ISBN-10: 0679734570
• ISBN-13: 9780679734574
• Publisher: Vintage
• Pub date: Jun 18, 1991
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Libri Italiani

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