The Householder

Name: The Householder
Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Story of a couple navigating marriage and spiritual longing in India

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

German-born British novelist and screenwriter who wrote about India with rare insider insight. Heat and Dust won the Booker Prize in 1975. She spent decades as a celebrated novelist before winning two Academy Awards for her film collaborations with Merchant Ivory.

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