Vikram Seth Releases Book of Poems Titled ‘Summer Requiem’

The acclaimed novelist recently released his first stand-alone book of poetry 25 years after his previous one.

Acclaimed author Vikram Seth, noted for works like A Suitable Boy and An Equal Music, recently released a book of poetry titled Summer Requiem.

The collection, Seth’s first stand-alone book of poetry in twenty-five years since All You Who Sleep Tonight in 1990, has been published by Aleph Book Company. The publishers describe the book as “luminous, resonant and profound,” claiming that the poems trace the “...dying days of summer, the ‘hour of rust’ when memory is haunted by loss and decay.”

For those intending on immersing themselves in the pleasures of sorrow, especially sorrow wrought beautiful by art, the book is now available in stores everywhere.