by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Somewhat mannered, somewhat overwritten, and perhaps with too much parallelism, yet I still enjoyed this exercise in comparing and contrasting two women's lives in India across generations. The unnamed contemporary woman's experience seems like a somewhat tawdry version of Olivia's, but I suppose it...
This is one of the few books that I have read twice, a long time ago.The book is set in India, and it talks about two women from different generations and how their lives was affected by India.I like the two different story lines, the different historical settings, and there are many differences in ...
I loved this in the same way I love Forster - a story set in an age that bears no resemblance to today's sub-continent. Oh! the ridiculousness, but people's hearts were truly broken on the 'eti-quetti' of such ridiculousness.Sad. I am sure that there will be no need to delve into this glum pre-Ghan...
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