{"product_id":"disinheritance-isbn-9781640098039","title":"Disinheritance:The Rediscovered Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of fiction by the Booker Prize–winning author and “one of the 20th century’s great female writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), drawn from her ample body of work that has been out of the public eye for decades\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuth Prawer Jhabvala began publishing fiction in 1956 and continued to do so until her death in 2013. \u003ci\u003eDisinheritance\u003c\/i\u003e showcases some of the finest of these efforts, all demonstrating Jhabvala’s powers of keen observation as she examines the westernization of India’s middle class, the interplay of social and romantic ambition, and the social mores that plague her characters, regardless of their geographical background. Salman Rushdie has described her as a “rootless intellectual,” and John Updike called her an “initiated outsider.” All these qualities shine in this very special collection, with stories undiscovered for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding an introduction from the author’s 1979 lecture when awarded the Neil Gunn Prize in Scotland, \u003ci\u003eDisinheritance\u003c\/i\u003e balances a host of cultural influences to showcase Jhabvala’s signature voice and her buoyant, satiric fiction. | \u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by The \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e Vox, \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eSALT Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The short stories in this posthumous collection offer a useful reminder of the \u003ci\u003eMerchant Ivory\u003c\/i\u003e scriptwriter's talent for slipping into the perspectives of others.\" —Colin Dwyer, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To my eyes, however, the human follies [Jhabvala] evokes are all too realistic. To spy on a private world is to observe the truths people most want to keep hidden. Jhabvala disclosed those truths with candor, sensitivity and wit.\" —Sam Sacks, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading [Jhabvala's] collected short stories in the new volume \u003ci\u003eDisinheritance\u003c\/i\u003e feels like communing with the ghost of a strange and shimmering past . . . These stories are strange and beautiful to read. The sentences are affectless and curiously polite, as though to mask the irony and the fury running below them . . . What a strange book to read. I'm so glad that I did.\" —Constance Grady, \u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable . . . The acuity of Jhabvala’s observations and the clarity of her prose make this collection exhilarating . . . Brilliant, unsparing examinations of the human condition in all its variety.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This posthumous story collection by Merchant Ivory scriptwriter Jhabvala (1927–2013), who won the Booker Prize for her novel \u003ci\u003eHeat and Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, demonstrates the author’s acerbic brilliance and her proclivity to write from the perspectives of other cultures . . . Throughout, she offers canny insights into the clash between modernity and tradition. Readers will find plenty to admire.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003cb\u003eRUTH PRAWER JHABVALA\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1927, wrote several novels and short stories, and, in collaboration with James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, won two Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (for \u003ci\u003eHowards End\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/i\u003e). She won the Booker Prize in 1975 for \u003ci\u003eHeat and Dust\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other numerous accolades include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and an O. Henry Prize. She died in 2013.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759450960101,"sku":"NP9781640098039","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640098039.jpg?v=1775598600","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/disinheritance-isbn-9781640098039","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}