Out of India: Selected Stories

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 1986, this volume of stories, selected by the author from her own early work, represents the essence of her Indian experience. Bearing Jhabvala’s hallmark of balance, subtlety, wry humor, and beauty, these stories present characters that prove to be as vulnerable to the contradictions and oppressions of the human heart as to those of India itself.
Genres: Short StoriesFictionIndiaIndian LiteratureTravelAsiaLiterary Fiction
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