A Lovesong for India
Tales from East and West
'A masterclass in storytelling and writing beautiful, luminous prose' Literary ReviewAn Indian poetess exerts an artistic and sexual dominion over her English translator; a middle-aged man is found dead in mysterious circumstances in a shabby Indian guesthouse, leaving an assortment of women to reassemble the pieces of his secret life; a young English girl with a beautiful voice infiltrates Fifth Avenue theatrical royalty; and a beautiful Hollywood film star exacts a clever, protracted revenge on her nemesis.Speaking of mortality and family rivalry, of power, of love and the loss of innocence, this is a delicious assortment of fairytales and…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4087-0514-8
- EAN: 9781408705148
- Produktnummer: 17692470
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H19.7 cm x B12.8 cm x D1.9 cm 230 g
- Gewicht: 230
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala published twelve novels including the Booker Prize-winning Heat and Dust and five volumes of short stories. She also wrote more than a dozen screenplays, including Howard's End and A Room with a View, for both of which she received an Academy Award. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died in 2013.
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