The Householder - Couverture souple

Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140052887 ISBN 13 : 9780140052886

Editeur : Penguin, 1980

Synopsis

Provides a vivid picture of life in an Indian city. The book follows the emergence of Prem from his comparatively carefree student life living at home, to the status of teacher, husband and householder.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Prem is a recently married teacher who is neither very good at teaching nor at being married. He is promised an ally against his wife Indu, whom he regards with varying degrees of irritation, when his mother comes to visit. He soon finds, though, that maternal interference is far from helpful, and he receives comfort from an entirely unexpected quarter - his wife - as he discovers through her the joys of being a 'settled husband and householder'.

From every page rise the heat, the smells, the flashing iridescent colours and the ceaseless rhythms of Indian life. And such is the strength of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's humourous and perceptive pen that this appealing tale of a young man trying to come to terms with marriage and maturity becomes more than a highly comic vignette of a particular society - it is also a reflection of a universal experience.

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140052887
• ISBN 13: 9780140052886
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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