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 Poradie kníh
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.
- 2013
- 2011
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
- 2004
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.
- 1990
Belletristik : Deutschland/Indien/Delhi ; Roman.
- 1989
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.
- 1989
Eine Witwe mit Geld
- 252 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
Belletristik : Deutschland/Indien/Delhi ; Frau.
- 1987
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.
- 1981
Get Ready for Battle
- 160 stránok
- 6 hodin čítania
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.
