Two Lives - Vikram Seth

Lovely novel. I really liked his style of writing. Simple, clear and concise. To the point. Vikram writes about his Uncle Shanthi (Indian) and Aunt Henny (German) respectively.

Aunty Henny's entire family is destroyed during Hitler's reign and how they deal with it. The book talks about perspectives from Uncle and Aunty's side, also with insight from the author. I really liked Aunt Henny's letters to her friends. The way she writes is really good.

All in all, it takes patience to complete the book since at the end it becomes a little too long. But it is truly a tale of two lives, intertwined in ways unknown. They say Love crosses all barriers and this is a proof of it. :)

A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth

Most of you must be wondering why I havent posted recently. That is because I have started reading this novel " A Suitable Boy" which is around 1300 pages. And even for a reader like me who reads pretty fast, this is really huge. So I thought I ll keep you up-to-date with whatever I have read so far.

My main intention of choosing Vikram Seth was that I wanted to read something written by an Indian author. Wanted to hear more from my country :).

So here goes the story line so far.

There are numerous family lines entwined here where ones sister is another person's sis - in-law. So in brief, so far the main crux of the story is Lata. She is a single woman who has just finished her studies and falls in love with a Muslim person Kabir. The story is so far around them and their families and how the family reacts to such news. The mother is on a search for a suitable boy for her, along with her brothers and sisters. :)

There is a nephew Bhaskar who is interested in Maths a lot. There is some sub plot invovling shoe makers :) And lots of other twists and tales. I liked the novel so far and hope it has a good conclusion :)