Heat and Dust
Author(s): 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. '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.
General Information
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- : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- : Abacus
- : 0.158
- : 01 September 2011
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 December 2011
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 192
- : FA
More About The Product
* A profound and powerful novel, winner of the Booker Prize in 1975
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is an award-winning screen writer and novelist.