The Collected Poems comprises all the volumes of poetry that Vikram Seth has published this far. The books included are Mappings (1981), The Humble Administrator's Garden (1985), All You Who Sleep Tonight (1990), Three Chinese Poets (1992), Beastly Tales from Here and There (1992) and Arion and the Dolphin (1994).
An introduction by the poet prefaces the volume.
Praise for Vikram Seth's poetry
The best of his generation
The Times
Mappings
'Fluent, witty and accomplished writing by a man in full command of the resources of the language the final impression is one of overwhelming mastery.'
Indian Review of Books
The Humble Administrator's Garden
'Seth combines in a unique way the casual tone and movement usually associated with light verse with a profoundly and controlled passion rarely equaled in his contemporaries.'
Indian Review of Books
All You Who Sleep Tonight
'These are karmic poems, some throbbing with the tension of pain, others arching and ebbing with the flow of life This collection has no flaws anywhere'
The Independent
Three Chinese Poets
'Seth translates the (Chinese Poets) with immense felicity, easily outshining earlier renderings the poet's skill is evident in every cadence and rhyme'
India Today
Beastly Tales from Here and There
'This collection of children's tales for grown-ups will prove in time a modern classic with a variety of literary interpretations and philosophical implications.'
The Hindustan Times
Arion and Dolphin
'Firmly resident in the realm of wonder.'
Economist
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