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Screen adaptation

Heat and Dust

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Two women’s Indian journeys, separated by generations, echo one another as desire carries each beyond the expectations of English domestic life.

Literary fiction

Out of India

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Selected stories follow relationships between Indians and Westerners, finding cultural tensions in the intimate negotiations of affection, belonging and everyday life.

Short stories

Travelers

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Young Western travelers seek answers in India, discovering how the search for another country can become a search within themselves.

Literary fiction

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