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Heat and Dust

Heat and Dust

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    Paperback 2003

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: John Murray
Published: 13 Oct 2003
ISBN 10: 0719561779
ISBN 13: 9780719561771
Book Overview: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is well-known for her scriptwriting credits, which include A Room With a View and Howards End , both of which won Academy Awards. As well as the Booker Prize, she won the Neil Gunn International Fellowship in 1978, the MacArthur Foundation Award in 1984 and was made a CBE in the 1998 New Year's Honours List. Her other books include An Experience of India , The Nature of Passion , Esmond in India , In Search of Love and Beauty , Three Continents , Poet and Dancer , Shards of Memory , Travellers and East Into Upper East .
 Prizes: Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1975.

Media Reviews
'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 writer of genius ... a writer of world class -- a master storyteller' -- Sunday Times 'Coolly assured novel ... Written with seek elegance, this book delves into the heart of an unmistakably seductive country' -- The Good Book Guide 20031101 'Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature' -- Guardian 20031101
Author Bio
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 an architect. 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 Award in 1984 and was made a CBE in the 1998 New Year's Honours List.