by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420443676
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«Esmond en la India» is the novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, published by Alfaguara in hardcover (370 pages, in Spanish).
After studying at Oxford, the young Shakuntala returns to Delhi in the years following India's independence. The novel presents the contrast between two civilizations and generational differences, and portrays with irony an affluent social class divided between the colonial heritage and the country's new identity.
Translation by José Luis López Muñoz of the English original «Esmond in India», published in 1958. It belongs to Alfaguara's Best-sellers collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in post-independence India and the legacy of the British Empire.
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.
