Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Born
in Cologne, Weimar Republic
May 07, 1927
Died
April 03, 2013
Genre
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Heat and Dust
2 editions
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published
1975
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The Householder
19 editions
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published
1960
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Out of India: Selected Stories
12 editions
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published
1986
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At the End of the Century
12 editions
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published
2017
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A Backward Place
18 editions
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published
1965
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My Nine Lives: Chapters of a Possible Past
12 editions
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published
2004
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East Into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi
8 editions
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published
1998
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A Lovesong for India: Tales from the East and West
9 editions
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published
2011
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Travelers
6 editions
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published
1973
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In Search of Love and Beauty
9 editions
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published
1983
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“Shortly before the monsoon, the heat becomes very intense. It is said that the more intense it becomes the more abundantly it will draw down the rains, so one wants it to be as hot as can be. And by that time one has accepted it -- not got used to but accepted; and moreover, too worn-out to fight against it, one submits to it and endures.”
― Heat and Dust
― Heat and Dust
“The rest of the time Olivia was alone in her big house with all the doors and windows shut to keep out the heat and dust.”
― Heat and Dust
― Heat and Dust
“When Indians sleep, they really do sleep. Neither adults nor children have a regular bed-time -- when they're tired they just drop, fully clothed, on to their beds, or the ground if they have no beds, and don't stir again until the next day begins. All one hears is occasionally someone crying out in their sleep, or a dog -- maybe a jackal -- baying at the moon. I lie awake for hours: with happiness, actually. I have never known such a sense of communion. Lying like this under the open sky there is a feeling of being immersed in space -- though not in empty space, for there are all these people sleeping all around me, the whole town and I am part of it. How different from my often very lonely room in London with only my walls to look at and my books to read.”
― Heat and Dust
― Heat and Dust
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