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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

    7. máj 1927 – 3. apríl 2013

    Ruth Prawer Jhabvala bola oceňovaná autorka, ktorá sa preslávila najmä skúmaním stretov Východu a Západu. Jej literárne dielo sa vyznačuje hlbokým vhľadom do kultúrnych odlišností a psychológie postáv pohybujúcich sa na pomedzí dvoch svetov. Prostredníctvom svojich poviedok a románov zachytila zložitosť medziľudských vzťahov a premenlivosť spoločenských noriem. Jej jedinečný štýl a tematická hĺbka jej zabezpečili významné miesto v literatúre.

    A Lovesong for India
    Out of India
    Three Continents
    Get Ready for Battle
    My Nine Lives
    East Into Upper East
    • 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.

      East Into Upper East2013
      4,3
    • A Lovesong for India

      • 276 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      * Multi-layered, subtle, wonderful new short stories from the inimitable Booker-prize winning author, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

      A Lovesong for India2011
      2,9
    • My Nine Lives

      • 277 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      Booker Prize winner Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's, outstanding new novel explores a woman's nine possible destinies and carries subtle, autobiographical resonances.

      My Nine Lives2004
      4,2
    • Belletristik : Deutschland/Indien/Delhi ; Roman.

      Die Liebesheirat1990
      4,0
    • Out of India

      • 288 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      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.

      Out of India1989
      3,7
    • Three Continents

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      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.

      Three Continents1987
      2,8