This brilliant collection spans two worlds - the restless, aspiring society of New York's Upper East Side and the world of India's capital city, New Delhi. A rich cast of characters inhabit these stories.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ordre des livres
7 mai 1927 – 3 avril 2013
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala était une auteure acclamée, principalement connue pour ses explorations des rencontres entre l'Orient et l'Occident. Son œuvre littéraire se caractérise par un aperçu profond des différences culturelles et de la psychologie des personnages naviguant entre les mondes. À travers sa fiction, elle a capturé les complexités des relations humaines et les paysages changeants des normes sociétales. Son style distinctif et sa profondeur thématique lui ont assuré une place significative dans la littérature.
- 2013
- 2011
A Lovesong for India
- 276pages
- 10 heures de lecture
* Multi-layered, subtle, wonderful new short stories from the inimitable Booker-prize winning author, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- 2004
My Nine Lives
- 277pages
- 10 heures de lecture
Booker Prize winner Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's, outstanding new novel explores a woman's nine possible destinies and carries subtle, autobiographical resonances.
- 1990
Belletristik : Deutschland/Indien/Delhi ; Roman.
- 1989
Out of India
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
This collection contains 15 of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's favourite stories which she has selected from her four previous collections. They are all set in India, where the author has lived for most of her adult life.
- 1989
Eine Witwe mit Geld
- 252pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Belletristik : Deutschland/Indien/Delhi ; Frau.
- 1987
Three Continents
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
The offspring of a prominent Yankee family, young twins Harriet and Michael Wishwell are swept up by an enthralling trio of foreigners, following them first to London and then to India where they surrender themselves and their fortune to a cult. From the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of A Room with a View.
- 1981
Get Ready for Battle
- 160pages
- 6 heures de lecture
A portrait of middle-class family life in contemporary Delhi. Through the conflicting ambitions, business intrigues and the personal and emotional entanglements, the book mocks the self-seeking nature of a group of people who are ready for battle - with each other and themselves.
