The Rivered Earth contains four effervescent libretti written by Vikram Seth - the international bestselling author of A Suitable Boy - 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. Spanning centuries of ...
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The Rivered Earth contains four effervescent libretti written by Vikram Seth - the international bestselling author of A Suitable Boy - 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. Spanning centuries of creativity and humanity, these poems pulse with life, energy and inspired brilliance. They are accompanied by four pieces of calligraphy by Vikram Seth, who also captured the ethereally beautiful photograph of his Salisbury garden for the book cover. Signum Classics has released two CDs of the music written to accompany The Rivered Earth, entitled Shared Ground and Songs in Time of War. Both recordings feature the violinist Philippe Honor??? and Birmingham's Ex Cathedra choir. Praise for Vikram Seth 'The best writer of his generation' The Times '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 'A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel . . . It is hard to believe that Seth is only one man' Evening Standard Equally gifted as a poet, essayist, memoirist, travel writer and novelist, Vikram Seth is perhaps best known for his phenomenal A Suitable Boy and is currently working on a sequel to be published in 2013, A Suitable Girl. He has published three other novels - An Equal Music, The Golden Gate and Two Lives. He has released several poetry collections - Mappings, The Humble Administrator's Garden, All You Who Sleep Tonight, Beastly Tales, Three Chinese Poets and The Frog and the Nightingale. Seth is the winner of the 1994 Commonwealth Writers Prize for A Suitable Boy, the 1985 Asia Commonwealth Poetry Prize and in 2007 was awarded the Padma Shri in Literature and Education.
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Add this copy of The Rivered Earth to cart. $14.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2012 by Penguin.
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Add this copy of The Rivered Earth to cart. $18.59, like new condition, Sold by The Book Scouts rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hamilton, ON, CANADA, published 2011 by Toronto: Hamish Hamilton.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 8x5x0; We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of all books, please just ask! Canadian first edition, first printing. Contains number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Virtually no wear to jacket. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.
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Add this copy of The Rivered Earth / By Vikram Seth to cart. $23.94, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 2012 by London, England: Penguin Books.
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Physical description; 103 pages; 20 cm. Subjects; Honoré, Philippe violinist. Songs, English; Texts. Chinese poetry; Translations into English. Indic poetry; Translations into English. Fine paperback copy. Classic Penguin/Allen Lane design. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean.
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Physical Description; 103 pages; 22 cm. Summary; 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. 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. Spanning centuries of creativity and humanity, these poems pulse with life, energy and inspired brilliance. They are accompanied by four pieces of calligraphy by the author. Contents; Songs in Time of War-Shared Ground-The Traveller-Seven Elements. Subjects; Chinese poetry. Fiction. Fictional Work. Indic poetry (English). Poetry. Poetry as Topic. Fine cloth copy in very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First UK Edition, warmly inscribed by Seth fo fellow poet/academic William Matchett: For Bill Matchett / with warm regards / (signed) Vikram Seth. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. // ' 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. Spanning centuries of creativity and humanity, these poems pulse with life, energy and inspired brilliance. They are accompanied by four pieces of calligraphy by the author. '--publisher.
Add this copy of The Rivered Earth to cart. $65.20, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Hamish Hamilton.
