'Deliciously comic' -- Daily Telegraph 'Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature' -- Guardian 'An Indian Dickens' -- New Statesman 'A writer of genius ! a writer of world class -- a master storyteller' -- Sunday Times

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.