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title: "Heat and Dust"
brand: "ruth prawer jhabvala"
price: "E£ 2730"
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# Heat and Dust

**Brand:** ruth prawer jhabvala
**Price:** E£ 2730
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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## Customer Reviews

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    A Powerful, Beautifully Written Novel Of Two Women & India
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2004*

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's powerful and beautifully written novel of an "outrageous" Anglo-Indian romance in 1920s Khatm and Satipur won the Booker Prize in 1983. The author has crafted parallel tales of two young women, distantly related and separated by two generations. Anne, the story's narrator, travels to India to discover more about the mystery surrounding her grandfather's first wife, Olivia.Douglas Rivers, an upper echelon English civil servant, married and brought his adored wife, Olivia, with him to India in 1923, during the British Raj. She was a beautiful, spoiled and spirited young woman, who found it difficult to adjust to life in the British colonial community of Satipur. Feeling suffocated by the inbred group she was forced to socialize with, Olivia longed for independence, intellectual stimulation and a more passionate life. She hoped that a baby would solve her problems but found it more difficult to become pregnant than she had thought. Shortly after their arrivel in India, Douglas, Olivia and some of the more important members of the community were invited to the palace of the Nawab of Khatm and she was immediately intrigued by the handsome, charismatic prince. He courted her friendship aggressively and then the friendship turned passionate. When faced with a crisis Olivia was forced to make life altering decisions which would have far reaching effects and cause scandal throughout British India and England that would last for generations.Anne stays in the town where her grandfather and Olivia lived fifty years before. Trying to piece together the puzzle that was Olivia and discover what motivated her to change her life so drastically, Anne visits the places her "step-grandmother" frequented and interviews people who knew her or knew of her. She also reads the letters and journals that Olivia wrote so long ago, and oddly enough, Anne ventures into experiences similar to Olivia's adventures, but more acceptable in our modern time. Anne's spiritual and sensual journey in the 1970s parallels Olivia's as the color, heat, exotic landscapes, and people of India penetrate her western upbringing. Anne writes in her own diary: "Fortunately, during my first few months here, I kept a journal, so I have some record of my early impressions. If I were to try and recollect them now, I might not be able to do so. They are no longer the same because I myself am no longer the same. India always changes people, and I have been no exception."This short and delicately written novel packs a powerful punch and paints an extraordinary portrait of British colonials in India, with their sense of cultural and moral superiority over the local population. However, even more compelling and unusual, is the story of two women, generations apart, who follow similar paths under the spell of India.JANA

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Compelling read
  

*by N***I on Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2021*

“ Heat and dust,” centers around two women several generations apart. The narrator travels to India to investigate the scandalous past of her step grandmother Olivia who came to India during the  time of the time of the British Raj.Ruth Prawer Jhabvala does an excellent job with the storytelling- the book won the Booker prize. We get to know the main characters really well. The pace of the book is slow and even though much of it deals with the day to day and the mundane,it held my interest.

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    Interesting Read
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2019*

Enjoyed the author's depiction of life in India at two distinct periods in its history - the twilight of British rule and more modern times- as seen through the eyes of privileged British citizens, a minor local nobleman and ordinary Indians.  The characters from diverse backgrounds in each period draw us in.  I do wish, however, that the author had not ended the story as quickly as she did. I wanted to learn more about the characters and what happened to them.

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