{"product_id":"heat-and-dust-isbn-9781582430157","title":"Heat and Dust","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Booker Prize–winning novel—intertwining the narratives of two women, past and present, and their relationships to India—from the novelist, short story writer, and two–time Academy Award–winning screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePartly set in colonial India during the 1920s, \u003ci\u003eHeat and Dust\u003c\/i\u003e 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 to spend most of her days in his company. But then she becomes pregnant, and unsure of the child's paternity, she is faced with a wrenching dilemma. Her reaction to the crisis humiliates her husband and outrages the British community, breeding a scandal that lives in collective memory long after her death, and will compel her future granddaughter to investigate their family’s secrets.“A superb book. A complex story line, handled with dazzling assurance . . . moving and profound. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has not only written a love story, she has also exposed the soul and nerve ends of a fascinating and compelling country. This is a book of cool, controlled brilliance. It is a jewel to be treasured.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A writer of genius . . . a writer of world class—a master storyteller.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHeat and Dust\u003c\/i\u003e is an obscure and somber novel, tense with undisclosed judgments and meanings that crouch and whisper just beyond one's reach.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Crafted with technical skill as assured as it is unobtrusive, this delicately written novel is, because of its setting and its theme of Anglo–Indian relationships, reminiscent of E.M. Forster's great novel, \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e. It does not suffer by comparison.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A penetrating and compassionate love story, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has exposed the soul and nerve ends of a fascinating and compelling country . . . This is a book of cool, controlled brilliance. It is a jewel to be treasured.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe London Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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":46304272318693,"sku":"NP9781582430157","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781582430157.jpg?v=1767728852","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/heat-and-dust-isbn-9781582430157","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}