Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Title: Shards of Memory; East Into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi; My Nine Lines: Chapters of a Possible Past
Description: London, John Murray, 1995-2004. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic set of the first editions of three works by novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Bookseller sticker to the front paste down of Shards of Memory. Bookseller sticker to the rear flyleaf of My Nine Lives.A superb collection of two short story anthologies and the last novel of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927- 2013). Jhabvala was a novelist and screenwriter who won the Booker Prize for her novel Heat & Dust (1975), and who also wrote the screenplays for A Room with a View, Howards End, and The Remains of the Day. This set comprises: Shards of Memory (1995) follows four generations of a single family in this beautifully written tale of love, devotion and faith. East into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi (1998) contains fourteen short stories spanning two different worlds: the restless society of New York's Upper East Side and the fast-changing capital city of New Delhi. With two illustrations by C. S. H. Jhabvala.My Nine Lines: Chapters of a Possible Past (2004) contains nine short stories, sketching out nine possible lives in this potentially autobiographical anthology. Illustrated throughout by C. S. H. Jhabvala. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent. Small bump to the head of the spine to 'My Nine Lives&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrappers are in lovely condition, with just some faint marks to the dust wrapper of 'Shards of Memory&apos. Fine . Ill.: C. S. H. Jhabvala. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Novels Short stories India Novels C. S. H. Jhabvala
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Title: Shards of Memory; East Into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi; My Nine Lines: Chapters of a Possible Past
Description: London, John Murray, 1995-2004. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic set of the first editions of three works by novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Bookseller sticker to the front paste down of Shards of Memory. Bookseller sticker to the rear flyleaf of My Nine Lives.A superb collection of two short story anthologies and the last novel of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927- 2013). Jhabvala was a novelist and screenwriter who won the Booker Prize for her novel Heat & Dust (1975), and who also wrote the screenplays for A Room with a View, Howards End, and The Remains of the Day. This set comprises: Shards of Memory (1995) follows four generations of a single family in this beautifully written tale of love, devotion and faith. East into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi (1998) contains fourteen short stories spanning two different worlds: the restless society of New York's Upper East Side and the fast-changing capital city of New Delhi. With two illustrations by C. S. H. Jhabvala.My Nine Lines: Chapters of a Possible Past (2004) contains nine short stories, sketching out nine possible lives in this potentially autobiographical anthology. Illustrated throughout by C. S. H. Jhabvala. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent. Small bump to the head of the spine to 'My Nine Lives&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrappers are in lovely condition, with just some faint marks to the dust wrapper of 'Shards of Memory&apos. Fine . Ill.: C. S. H. Jhabvala. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Novels Short stories India Novels C. S. H. Jhabvala
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 930M5
- Book number: 930M5
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