Heat and Dust

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-granddaugher goes back to the heat, dust and squalor of the bazaars to solve the enigma of Olivia's scandal.

Report

'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 20031101

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.10.2003
• EAN: 9780719561771
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6177-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature