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Heat and Dust (1975) is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that won the Booker Prize in 1975. The book was also ranked by The Telegraph in 2014 as one of the 10 all-time greatest Asian novels.
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- 1975
Apr 16, 1999 · A profound and powerful novel, winner of the Booker Prize. Set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant.
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- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Jan 1, 1975 · Set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant.
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- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Partly set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant.
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Paperback
Mar 5, 2024 · “ Heat and dust,” centers around two women several generations apart. The narrator travels to India to investigate the scandalous past of her step grandmother Olivia who came to India during the time of the time of the British Raj.
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- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Feb 1, 2016 · Partly set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant.
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Apr 16, 1999 · Partly set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant.