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A profound and powerful novel, winner of the Booker Prize Set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust 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... read more
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First Sentence edit
Shortly after Olivia went away with the Nawab, Beth Crawford returned from Simla.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1975 of 46 in Booker Prize Winners. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Conservationist, and followed by Saville.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Futura Publications
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0860074145
Page Count: 182
Publisher: Futura Publications
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0860074145
Page Count: 182
Awards edit
- Man Booker Prize (1975)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823
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