by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349101767
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«Heat and Dust» is the novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, published by Abacus in paperback (181 pages, in English).
Set in colonial India, the novel interweaves two eras: in the 1920s, Olivia, wife of a British official, scandalises the small English community by eloping with a nawab; fifty years later, Olivia's step-granddaughter travels to the same country to reconstruct the episode through letters and memories, captivated by the heat, dust and mystery of the surroundings.
Winner of the 1975 Booker Prize, the year the work was originally published; the Abacus edition is from 1992.
For those seeking literary and historical fiction set in colonial India and structured across two eras.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a British and American novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of film director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant.
