Three Continents - Softcover

Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071956655X ISBN 13: 9780719566554

Verlag: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2004

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Críticas:

'Truly an astonishing writer' -- Observer 'It's more than just a good story. There is an animated cast of variously displaced persons, most of them of mixed race, mixed culture and mixed sexuality! Outstanding' -- The Times 'She excels in describing the confrontation between the old world and the new! she has done it before, but never so well. Three Continents is stunningly good ! rich and constantly enthralling' -- Evening Standard 'Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's new novel is as richly coloured and intricate as one of the works of art in which her crooked characters deal. ! The final chapter is a tour de force, a gripping battle between good and evil, with an ending that reverberates in the memory' -- Sunday Times 'Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature' -- Guardian 'A writer of genius ! a writer of world class -- a master storyteller' -- Sunday Times

Reseña del editor:

Last-of-line scions of a prominent American family, Harriet and her twin brother, Michael, have so far resisted the whirligig of adulteries and diplomatic cocktail parties that seem to be their sole inheritance. Spoilt, blindly idealistic and extremely rich, they seem set to prove perfect fodder for the charismatic Rawul of Dhoka and his sinister Sixth World Movement...

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• Verlag: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 071956655X
• ISBN 13: 9780719566554
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384