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A Lovesong for India

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Product Code: 9781619021044
ISBN13: 9781619021044
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A Lovesong for India

$17.06
 
From the Booker Prize-winning novelist and screenwriter of Howard's End "Cinematic" and "exquisite" stories of longing, loss, and redemption (Publishers Weekly).

In this expansive story collection, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of Heat and Dust and the screenplays for The Remains of the Day and A Room with a View, continues her lifelong meditation on East and West. Set in India, England, and New York City, A Lovesong for India reveals what unites us across oceans, cultures, and lifetimes.

In "Innocence," an older couple, whose social standing is marred by a decades-old scandal, rent out rooms in their Delhi home for both companionship and income. The couple becomes deeply invested in the lives of their two tenants, but with the addition of a third renter--a beautiful and provocative woman from India--tensions in the household push the story to its feverish conclusion.

"Talent" finds Jhabvala in New York City reflecting on the friction between family and societal expectations. Magda is a talent scout whose work is her entire life until she meets Ellie, a singer whose immense ability and unguarded personality captivate Magda. Soon Ellie is integrated into Magda's extended family--for better or worse. This remarkable collection is the hallmark of Jhabvala's celebrated career and a testament to her "balance, subtlety, wry humor, and beauty" (The New York Times).


Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Publication Date: Feb 12, 2013
Number of Pages: 286 pages
Binding: Paperback or Softback
ISBN-10: 1619021048
ISBN-13: 9781619021044
 

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