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1. Heat and Dust
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The beautiful, spoiled and bored Olivia, married to a civil servant, outrages society in the tiny, suffocating town of Satipur by eloping with an ... More
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2. The Householder
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Prem is a recently married teacher who is neither very good at teaching nor at being married. He is promised an ally against his wife Indu, whom he ... More
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3. Shards of Memory
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
This novel, set in both London and New York, concerns the family of a modern-day guru and leader of men, their difficulties in adjusting to the idea ... More
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4. Travelers
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
An expert mixture of decadence and rebirth, this finely crafted novel leaves the reader with a rich experience of India and of the unpredictable ... More
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5. A Lovesong for India
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
In this expansive story collection, acclaimed writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala continues her lifelong meditation on East and West. Set in India, England, ... More
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6. Three Continents
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Last-of-line scions of a prominent American family, Harriet and her twin brother, Michael, have so far resisted the whirligig of adulteries and ... More
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7. In Search of Love and Beauty
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Through a rich mosaic of episodes, shifting intricately back and forth from the 1930s to the present day, the lives of three generations are traced. ... More
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8. My Nine Lives: Chapters of a Possible Past
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a novelist of unequalled insight, grace and emotional power. My Nine Lives represents a new and fascinating strand in her ... More
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9. East Into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
This collection of stories spans two worlds: the aspiring society of New York's Upper East Side and the world of India's capital, New Delhi. The rich ... More
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10. Esmond in India
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Shakuntala is a young Indian woman who returns to post-Independence Delhi from Oxford University. Sketching a gallery of fascinating and distinctive ... More
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11. Poet and Dancer
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
List of all editionsThis novel explores the intricacies and dangers of love and commitment, describing the lifelong and complex bond between a pair of first cousins. ... More
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13. Out of India: Selected Stories
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
List of all editions'To live in India and be at peace, one must to a very considerable extent become Indian, and adopt Indian attitudes, habits, beliefs!' 'But how is ... More
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14. A backward place
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
List of all editionsSix colourful, comic characters inhabit A Backward Place. All but one are Westerners who have come to Delhi to experience an alternative way of life. ... More
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15. Get ready for battle
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
List of all editionsA portrait of middle-class family life in contemporary Delhi. Through the conflicting ambitions, business intrigues and the personal and emotional ... More
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25. East into Upper East
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
List of all editionsThis 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 ... More







