Mappings (poetry collection)

First flexiback edition

Mappings is a first book of poems by Vikram Seth originally published by the Writers Workshop, Calcutta (now Kolkata), as a hand-set, hand-printed and hand-bound volume ("in Hardback or Flexiback") in 1980 or 1981 (the Flexiback edition copyright date is 1981). With the growth of Seth's reputation, the volume has been reprinted by mainstream publishers (ISBN 0-670-05846-7).
Original poems range from a cautionary tale in rhyming couplets ("The Tale Of Melon City"), through Seth's characteristic musings - some serious and some light-hearted - on life, love and landscape, to the title poem reflecting on the different selves "mapped" by his earlier writings. Interspersed with these are translations (one each) from the Chinese of Du Fu, the Urdu of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the German of Heinrich Heine and the Hindi of Suryakant Tripathi Nirala. Other poems include 'The Frog and the Nightingale'.

Works by Vikram Seth

Novels	The Golden Gate A Suitable Boy An Equal Music A Suitable Girl

Poetry	Mappings The Humble Administrator's Garden All You Who Sleep Tonight Beastly Tales

Children's books	Beastly Tales

Librettos	Arion and the Dolphin

Non-fiction and other	From Heaven Lake Two Lives Three Chinese Poets

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