Heat and Dust
1975 • 190 pages
Ratings6
Average rating3.7
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Ratings6
Average rating3.7
The beautiful, spoiled and bored Olivia, married to a civil servant, outrages society in the tiny, suffocating town of Satipur by eloping with an Indian prince. Fifty years later, her step-granddaughter goes back to the heat, the dust and the squalor of the bazaars to solve the enigma of Olivia's scandal. 'A superb book. A complex story line, handled with dazzling assurance . . . moving and profound. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has not only written a love story, she has also exposed the soul and nerve ends of a fascinating and compelling country. This is a book of cool, controlled brilliance. It is a jewel to be treasured' THE TIMES
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The modern story weaves perfectly with the past story. Lovely.
A story about India for two geneartions, as one woman investigates the life of her aunt, who was never spoken of in the family. Lots of heat and dust in this book. Not too long, and surprisingly terse, for a Booker Prize winner.
