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At the end of the century : the stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; with an introduction by Anita Desai.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781640091375 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 439 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Little, Brown. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A loss of faith -- The widow -- A spiritual call -- Miss Sahib -- A course of English studies -- An experience of India -- Two more under the Indian sun -- Desecration -- Expiation -- Great expectations -- Two muses -- Ménage -- A choice of heritage -- A lovesong for India -- Pagans -- At the end of the century -- The Judge's will. |
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| Subject: | Cultural awareness > Fiction. Cultural pluralism > Fiction. East Indians > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Short stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Jhabv | 31681010131332 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Collects seventeen stories that deal with the experiences faced by men and women across three cultures, including "A Course of English Studies" in which a young Indian woman struggles to adapt at Oxford. - Perseus Publishing
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Multilayered, subtle, insightful short stories from the inimitable Booker Prizeâwinning author, with an introduction by Anita Desai
Nobody has written so powerfully of the relationship between and within India and the Western middle classes than Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. In this selection of stories, chosen by her surviving family, her ability to tenderly and humorously view the situations faced by three (sometimes interacting) culturesâEuropean, post-Independence Indian, and Americanâis never more acute.
In âA Course of English Studies,â a young woman arrives at Oxford from India and struggles to adapt, not only to the sad, stoic object of her infatuation, but also to a country that seems so resistant to passion and color. In the wrenching âExpiation,â the blind, unconditional love of a cloth shop owner for his wastrel younger brother exposes the tragic beauty and foolishness of human compassion and faith. The wry and triumphant âPagansâ brings us middle-aged sisters Brigitte and Frankie in Los Angeles, who discover a youthful sexuality in the company of the languid and handsome young Indian, Shoki. This collection also includes Jhabvalaâs last story, âThe Judgeâs Will,â which appeared in The New Yorker in 2013 after her death.
The profound inner experience of both men and women is at the center of Jhabvalaâs writing: she rivals Jane Austen with her impeccable powers of observation. With an introduction by her friend, the writer Anita Desai, At the End of the Century celebrates a writerâs astonishing lifetime gift for language, and leaves us with no doubt of Ruth Prawer Jhabvalaâs unique place in modern literature.
"The stories?all of them elegantly plotted and unsentimental, with an addictive, told-over-tea quality?are largely character studies of people isolated, often tragically, by custom or self-delusion . . . Vivid, unsparing portraits are leavened with the kind of humanizing moments that evoke a total world within their compression." ?Megan OâGrady, The New York Times Book Review - Random House, Inc.
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Multilayered, subtle, insightful short stories from the inimitable Booker Prizeâwinning author, with an introduction by Anita Desai
Nobody has written so powerfully of the relationship between and within India and the Western middle classes than Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. In this selection of stories, chosen by her surviving family, her ability to tenderly and humorously view the situations faced by three (sometimes interacting) culturesâEuropean, postâIndependence Indian, and Americanâis never more acute.
In âA Course of English Studies,â a young woman arrives at Oxford from India and struggles to adapt, not only to the sad, stoic object of her infatuation, but also to a country that seems so resistant to passion and color. In the wrenching âExpiation,â the blind, unconditional love of a cloth shop owner for his wastrel younger brother exposes the tragic beauty and foolishness of human compassion and faith. The wry and triumphant âPagansâ brings us middleâaged sisters Brigitte and Frankie in Los Angeles, who discover a youthful sexuality in the company of the languid and handsome young Indian, Shoki. This collection also includes Jhabvalaâs last story, âThe Judgeâs Will,â which appeared in The New Yorker in 2013 after her death.
The profound inner experience of both men and women is at the center of Jhabvalaâs writing: she rivals Jane Austen with her impeccable powers of observation. With an introduction by her friend, the writer Anita Desai, At the End of the Century celebrates a writerâs astonishing lifetime gift for language, and leaves us with no doubt of Ruth Prawer Jhabvalaâs unique place in modern literature.
"The storiesâall of them elegantly plotted and unsentimental, with an addictive, toldâoverâtea qualityâare largely character studies of people isolated, often tragically, by custom or selfâdelusion . . . Vivid, unsparing portraits are leavened with the kind of humanizing moments that evoke a total world within their compression."âMegan OâGrady, The New York Times Book Review - Random House, Inc.
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Multilayered, subtle, insightful short stories from the inimitable Booker Prize'winning author, with an introduction by Anita Desai
Nobody has written so powerfully of the relationship between and within India and the Western middle classes than Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. In this selection of stories, chosen by her surviving family, her ability to tenderly and humorously view the situations faced by three (sometimes interacting) cultures'European, post'Independence Indian, and American'is never more acute.
In 'A Course of English Studies," a young woman arrives at Oxford from India and struggles to adapt, not only to the sad, stoic object of her infatuation, but also to a country that seems so resistant to passion and color. In the wrenching 'Expiation," the blind, unconditional love of a cloth shop owner for his wastrel younger brother exposes the tragic beauty and foolishness of human compassion and faith. The wry and triumphant 'Pagans' brings us middle'aged sisters Brigitte and Frankie in Los Angeles, who discover a youthful sexuality in the company of the languid and handsome young Indian, Shoki. This collection also includes Jhabvala's last story, 'the Judge's Will," which appeared in The New Yorker in 2013 after her death.
The profound inner experience of both men and women is at the center of Jhabvala's writing: she rivals Jane Austen with her impeccable powers of observation. With an introduction by her friend, the writer Anita Desai, At the End of the Century celebrates a writer's astonishing lifetime gift for language, and leaves us with no doubt of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's unique place in modern literature.
"The stories'all of them elegantly plotted and unsentimental, with an addictive, told'over'tea quality'are largely character studies of people isolated, often tragically, by custom or self'delusion . . . Vivid, unsparing portraits are leavened with the kind of humanizing moments that evoke a total world within their compression."'megan O'Grady, The New York Times Book Review
