Heat And Dust - Couverture souple

Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349000131 ISBN 13 : 9780349000138

Editeur : Abacus, 2011

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

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)

Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature (Guardian)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

'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

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Abacus
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0349000131
• ISBN 13: 9780349000138
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192