A Backward Place
Author(s): Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Another reissue from the booker-prize winning author. This Indian Vanity Fari brings astonishingly to life, the small tragedies and triumphs of daily life.
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'Deliciously comic' -- Daily Telegraph 'Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature' -- Guardian 'An Indian Dickens' -- New Statesman 'A writer of genius ! a writer of world class -- a master storyteller' -- Sunday Times
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was born in Germany of Polish parents and came to England in 1939 at the age of twelve. She graduated from Queen Mary College, London University, and married an architect. They lived in Delhi from 1951 to 1975. Since then they have divided their time between Delhi, New York and London.
General Fields
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- : murray
- : murray
- : 0.143
- : 21 March 2005
- : 197mm X 128mm X 12mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : 823.914
- : 192