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 Ordine dei libri
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala è stata un'acclamata autrice, nota soprattutto per le sue esplorazioni degli incontri tra Oriente e Occidente. La sua opera letteraria è caratterizzata da una profonda intuizione delle differenze culturali e dalla psicologia dei personaggi che si muovono tra mondi. Attraverso la sua narrativa, ha catturato le complessità delle relazioni umane e i mutevoli paesaggi delle norme sociali. Il suo stile distintivo e la sua profondità tematica le hanno assicurato un posto di rilievo nella letteratura.






- 2013
- 2011
A Lovesong for India
- 276pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
* Multi-layered, subtle, wonderful new short stories from the inimitable Booker-prize winning author, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- 2004
My Nine Lives
- 277pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
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
- 288pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
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
Belletristik : Deutschland/Indien/Delhi ; Frau.
- 1987
Three Continents
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
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
- 160pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
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.



