Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala – Booker Prize Winner 1975

Description

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

• Format:Paperback / softback
• Pages:192 pages
• Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
• Publication Date:06/10/2011
• ISBN:9780349000138