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- catalog abstract "Set in India, HEAT AND DUST is the story of Olivia, a beautiful, spoiled, bored English colonial wife in the 1920s who is drawn inexorably into the spell of the Nawab, a minor Indian prince deeply involved in plots and intrigues. Olivia outrages the tiny, suffocating town where her husband is a civil servant by eloping with the captivating Nawab. It is also the story of Olivia's step-granddaughter who, fifty years later, is drawn to India by her fascination with the letters left behind by the now dead older woman, and by her obsession with solving the enigma of Olivia's scandal. A penetrating and compassionate love story, this brilliant novel immerses the reader in the heat, dust, and squalor of India, while providing a compelling mixture of the spiritual and the sensual.".
- catalog contributor b480019.
- catalog coverage "India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "India Kings and rulers Fiction.".
- catalog created "1976, c1975.".
- catalog date "1976".
- catalog date "1976, c1975.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1976, c1975.".
- catalog description "Set in India, HEAT AND DUST is the story of Olivia, a beautiful, spoiled, bored English colonial wife in the 1920s who is drawn inexorably into the spell of the Nawab, a minor Indian prince deeply involved in plots and intrigues. Olivia outrages the tiny, suffocating town where her husband is a civil servant by eloping with the captivating Nawab. It is also the story of Olivia's step-granddaughter who, fifty years later, is drawn to India by her fascination with the letters left behind by the now dead older woman, and by her obsession with solving the enigma of Olivia's scandal. A penetrating and compassionate love story, this brilliant novel immerses the reader in the heat, dust, and squalor of India, while providing a compelling mixture of the spiritual and the sensual.".
- catalog extent "181 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Heat and dust.".
- catalog identifier "0060121971 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Heat and dust.".
- catalog issued "1976".
- catalog issued "1976, c1975.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harper & Row,".
- catalog relation "Heat and dust.".
- catalog spatial "India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "India Kings and rulers Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog subject "British India Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Man Booker Prize.".
- catalog subject "Married women Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PZ4.J6 He3 PR9499.3.J5".
- catalog title "Heat and dust / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".