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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala as a novelist, a postcolonial study, Sumita Ashri

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala as a novelist

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Sumita Ashri

a postcolonial study

This book, 'Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: A Postcolonial Study' represents a new and fascinating strand in her outstanding canon of work: as she puts it, the 'potentially autobiographical' but patently topical. Behind her poised, eloquent prose, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala deftly tussles with the existential question of how destiny is shaped. There is a deep penetration and multi-pronged analysis of the variegated facets of the life and living of the people of India as well as the people both, from Europe and America, as perceived and experienced by the novelist after her marriage. Despite her being a European, Ruth Jhabvala succeeds in capturing the soul and spirit of India in all its manifestations and revelations, so as, to achieve a balanced and objective hue and view of its socio-cultural, psycho-emotional and economic dimensions. In short, the book makes an interesting and captivating Postcolonial exploration and account of the variegated spectrum of society, but in no way merely laudatory. It also dwells on some of the glaring weaknesses and colored observations of the novelist, thereby providing a useful insight into the merits and demerits of Jhabvala as a novelist. In other words, this book will be relevantly insightful and useful for the teachers, students and the scholars of literature in general and Ruth Jhabvala in particular

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