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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, A Twentieth Century Expatriate Writer Of Polish-Jewish Origins And British Upbringing, Who Chose To Make India Her Home Since 1951 For More Than Two Decades, Has Made Her Mark As Writer Of Novel, Story, Screenplay, Non-Fiction, Etc, Which Have Brought Her Worldwide Recognition And Prestigious Awards And Fellowships Both In India And Abroad. Her Work Offers A Site For The Intersection Of Cultures, Especially Those Of India And Europe/America.Heat And Dust (1975), Jhabvala S Booker Winning And Most Well-Known Novel, Which Ensured Her Celebrity Status In The Literary World, Is A Delightful Interrogation Of The Imperial And Post-Imperial Discourses Vis-À-Vis India And Engl...
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Critque of the works of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, b. 1927, German born writer of English fiction on Indic themes.
At the End of the Century
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Multilayered, subtle, insightful short stories from the inimitable Booker Prize–winning author, with an introduction by Anita Desai Nobody has written so powerfully of the relationship between and within India and the Western middle classes than Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. In this selection of stories, chosen by her surviving family, her ability to tenderly and humorously view the situations faced by three (sometimes interacting) cultures—European, post–Independence Indian, and American—is never more acute. In “A Course of English Studies,” a young woman arrives at Oxford from India and struggles to adapt, not only to the sad, stoic object o...
Heat and Dust
Winner of the Booker Prize as best novel of the year in 1983, Heat and Dust was also made into a major motion picture starring Julie Christie, now regarded by many as a classic.
In Search of Love and Beauty
Louise, not content with her husband's gentle affection, strives to reclaim her youth in titillating social and spiritual adventures. Her daughter Marietta searches for beauty in lofty ideas and in her obsession for her son Mark, who believes love is to be found in the pursuit of money and young, vacuous lovers. And Leo, their eccentric, self-styled guru, satisfies himself with power -- commanding the bodies and souls of his followers.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Novels
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, b. 1927, Indo-English women novelist.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Correspondence between Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Syd Harrex, and a copy of letter from RPJ to Margaret Dyer.
