Three Continents by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Three Continents by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Last-of-line scions of a prominent American family, Harriet and her twin brother, Michael, have so far resisted the whirligig of adulteries and diplomatic cocktail parties that seem to be their sole inheritance. Spoilt, blindly idealistic and extremely rich, they seem set to prove perfect fodder for the charismatic Rawul of Dhoka and his sinister Sixth World Movement...

'Truly an astonishing writer' -- Observer 'It's more than just a good storyThere is an animated cast of variously displaced persons, most of them of mixed race, mixed culture and mixed sexuality! Outstanding' -- The Times 'She excels in describing the confrontation between the old world and the new! she has done it before, but never so well. Three Continents is stunningly good ! rich and constantly enthralling' -- Evening Standard 'Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's new novel is as richly coloured and intricate as one of the works of art in which her crooked characters deal. ! The final chapter is a tour de force, a gripping battle between good and evil, with an ending that reverberates in the memory' -- Sunday Times 'Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature' -- Guardian '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 the Indian architect C.S.H. Jhabvala. 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 Fellowship in 1984 and was made a CBE in the 1998 New Year's Honours List.

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ISBN 13	9780719566554
ISBN 10	071956655X
Title	Three Continents
Author	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year published	2004-10-11
Number of pages	384
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