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(0)Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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English
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Description
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. Longing for passion and independence, Olivia is drawn into the spell of the Nawab, a minor Indian prince deeply involved in gang raids and criminal plots. She is intrigued by the Nawab's charm and aggressive courtship, and soon begins...
12) Travelers
Author
Pub. Date
[1973]
Edition
[First U.S. edition].
Language
English
Description
India's ambience affects the lives of a group of westerners searching for more meaningful lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Simplified edition.
Language
English
Description
Mr Li is cross with his daughter when she does not show respect to her grandmother, but Mr Li himself is not always patient with his old mother. She has lived a long time, and the future holds no promise for her. So she holds on the the past ...
15) Howard's End
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tragic series of events occurs when two impulsive sisters become involved with a working-class couple and a wealthy family.
16) Heat and dust
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Story of a woman who goes to India to find the truth about her aunt who left her British husband for an Indian prince.
17) Quartet
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The quartet consists of novelist Marya Zelli, her Polish husband, Stephen, wealthy philanderer/artist H.J. Heidler and his wife, Lois. Though she has been indulgent of H.J.'s past indiscretions, Lois isn't keen on her husband carrying on an affair with Marya under their own roof. Meanwhile, Stephen sits in prison, jailed for his various petty thefts. Once Stephen is released, he learns about the triangle. When the dust settles, it is Marya who suffers...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
The real-life adventures of a traveling theater group in India during the final days of English colonial rule. They try to uphold British tradition by staging Shakespearean plays but can't compete with the wildly popular Bollywood film industry.
20) Roseland
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Three interlocking stories set in New York City's legendary Roseland dance palace make up this charming film, the third to be shot by Merchant Ivory Productions in America. In the first segment, The Waltz, Teresa Wright is a widow who comes to the Roseland in order to sustain the memory of her late husband, but meets Stan (Lou Jacobi), a man who offers her an opportunity for happiness in the present. In The Hustle, Christopher Walken stars as a gigolo...
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