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The Rivered Earth, 9781780228686
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Four libretti, spanning centuries, pulse with music, life, and brilliance.

The Rivered Earth

from the author of a suitable boy

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  • Paperback

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    30 September 2016

Summary

The Rivered Earth: Libretti in Harmony

The Rivered Earth contains four libretti written by Vikram Seth to be set to music by Alec Roth - together with an account of the pleasures and pains of working with a composer.

Entitled ‘Songs in Time of War’, ‘Shared Ground’, ‘The Traveller’ and ‘Seven Elements’, they take us all over the world - from Chinese and Indian poetry to the beauty and quietness of the Salisbury house where the poet George Herbert lived and died.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781780228686
ISBN-10:1780228686
Author:Vikram Seth
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:30 September 2016
Weight:110g
Dimensions:198mm x 134mm x 9mm
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Critics Review

The language has a remarkably direct, almost naive fullness of rhythm and rhyme … extraordinary - GUARDIAN

Vikram Seth is already the best writer of his generation - THE TIMES

A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel … It is hard to believe that Seth is only one man - EVENING STANDARD

Such writing reminds us that there are secrets beyond technique, beyond style, which have to do with a quality of soul on the part of the writer, a giving of oneself - Guardian on A SUITABLE BOY

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 - THE TIMES

About The Author

Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth has written five books of poetry and an opera libretto. He is perhaps best known for his acclaimed novel, A Suitable Boy, one of the most beloved and widely read books of recent times, as well as his novels The Golden Gate and An Equal Music. He is the author of two highly regarded works of non-fiction, From Heaven Lake and Two Lives, and is currently working on A Suitable Girl.

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