The Humble Administrator's Garden [Paperback]

Vikram Seth (Author)

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• Paperback: 62 pages
• Publisher: OXFORD U. PRESS (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195621360
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,761,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lyrical imagery from China, India and California!, May 19, 2004

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Vivek Sharma "Kavi" (Cambridge / Boston, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Humble Administrator's Garden (Paperback)

Research in Jiangsu Province

The Yangtse flows on like brown tape.
The research forms take final shape,
Each figure like a laden boat
With white or madder sails afloat.

Float on, float on, O facts and facts,
Distilled compendia of past acts,
Reveal the Grand Design to me,
Flotilla of my PhD.

In this collection, Vikram Seth has poetry and imagery from China, India and America. The poetry is heartfelt and marked by Vikram Seth's penchant for using simple words to recreate truth, beauty and magic!