Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Beautiful, spoilt, bored Olivia outrages society in the tiny, suffocating Indian town where her husband is a civil servant, by eloping with an native prince. 50 years later her step-granddaughter travels there to investigate the scandal. This novel won the Booker Prize.
Jhabvala Prawer, Ruth: - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was born of Polish parents and came to England with her parents at the age of twelve. She was educated in England, took her degree at London University and is married to an Indian architect. She has written many novels and short stories and, often in collaboration with the director James Ivory, the screenplays for many films, including her own novel Heat and Dust (winning her the Booker Prize in 1975), A Room With A View, Howard
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349101767 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349101760 |
| Title | Heat and Dust |
| Author | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Series | Abacus Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1992-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 181 |
| Prizes | Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1975 |
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