by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · Sphere · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780860074144
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Heat and Dust» is the historical novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, published by Sphere in paperback (182 pages, in English).
Set in India, the plot alternates two eras: in the 1920s, Olivia, an Englishwoman married to a colonial official, is fascinated by a local prince and causes a scandal; fifty years later, her step-granddaughter travels to the country to reconstruct that story through the letters. The narrative contrasts the India of 1923 with the present.
Originally published in 1975, it won the Booker Prize for Fiction and was adapted into a movie by Merchant Ivory Productions.
For readers of historical fiction, period narratives, and stories set in colonial and British India.
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.
