At the End of the Century: The stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Softcover

Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408709538 ISBN 13: 9781408709535

Publisher: Abacus, 2018

Synopsis

'A magnificent selection of the Booker winner's short stories' Sunday Times

With an introduction by Anita Desai.

Over the course of her glittering literary career, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote some of the most wonderful novels of the twentieth century and screenplays to some of the most beloved films - but she was also a master of the short story form. This stunning new collection brings together the jewels in the crown of her writing: it is a showcase of astonishing storytelling power.

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About the Author

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala published twelve novels including the Booker Prize-winning Heat and Dust and five volumes of short stories. She also wrote more than a dozen screenplays, including Howard's End and A Room with a View, for both of which she received an Academy Award. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died in 2013.

From the Back Cover

'Hers are stories in the fullest sense: they capture entire lives within their spans' Daily Telegraph


Caught between cultures herself, nobody has written so powerfully of the relationship between and within India and the Western middle classes than Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. In this definitive collection, her ability to tenderly and humorously view the all-too-human situations faced by three (sometimes interacting) cultures - Europeans, post-independence Indians and Americans - is never more acute.

With an introduction by her friend, the writer Anita Desai, At the End of the Century celebrates a writer's astonishing lifetime of gift with language, and leaves us in no doubt of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's unique place in modern literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408709538
• ISBN 13: 9781408709535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448