Description
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
* A profound and powerful novel, winner of the Booker Prize in 1975
About the Author
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala published twelve novels including the Booker Prize-winning Heat and Dust and five volumes of short stories. She also wrote more than a dozen screenplays, including Howard's End and A Room with a View, for both of which she received an Academy Award. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died in 2013.
Book Information
ISBN 9780349000138
Author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Abacus
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 140g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 14mm
* A profound and powerful novel, winner of the Booker Prize in 1975
About the Author
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala published twelve novels including the Booker Prize-winning Heat and Dust and five volumes of short stories. She also wrote more than a dozen screenplays, including Howard's End and A Room with a View, for both of which she received an Academy Award. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died in 2013.
Book Information
ISBN 9780349000138
Author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Abacus
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 140g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 14mm
