Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Name: Heat and Dust von Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Zusammenfassung

Booker prize winning novel of romance and intrigue in India

Heat and Dust Zusammenfassung

Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

The beautiful, spoiled, and bored Olivia, married to a civil servant, outrages society in the tiny, suffocating town of Satipur by eloping with an Indian prince. Fifty years later, her step-granddaughter goes back to the heat, the dust and the squalor of the bazaars to solve the enigma of Olivia's scandal.

Heat and Dust Bewertungen

'A superb book. A complex story line, handled with dazzling assurance ... moving and profound. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has not only written a love story, she has also exposed the soul and nerve ends of a fascinating and compelling country. This is a book of cool, controlled brilliance. It is a jewel to be treasured' -- The Times 'A writer of genius ... a writer of world class -- a master storyteller' -- Sunday Times 'Coolly assured novel ... Written with seek elegance, this book delves into the heart of an unmistakably seductive country' -- The Good Book Guide 20031101 'Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature' -- Guardian 20031101

Über Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was born in Germany of Polish parents and came to England in 1939 at the age of twelve. She graduated from Queen Mary College, London University, and married an architect. They lived in Delhi from 1951 to 1975. Since then they have divided their time between Delhi, New York and London. As well as her numerous novels and short stories, in collaboration with James Ivory and Ismail Merchant Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has written scripts for film and television, including A Room with a View and Howards End, both of which are Academy Award winners. She won the Booker Prize for Heat and Dust in 1975, the Neil Gunn International Fellowship in 1978, the MacArthur Foundation Award in 1984 and was made a CBE in the 1998 New Year's Honours List.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001149436

ISBN 13

9780719561771

ISBN 10

0719561779

Titel

Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Autor

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

John Murray Press

Datum

20031013

Anzahl der Seiten

192

Preise

Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1975

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