Disinheritance: The Rediscovered Stories by Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer

Disinheritance: The Rediscovered Stories

A collection of fiction by the Booker Prize-winning author and "one of the 20th century's great female...
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Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Disinheritance: The Rediscovered Stories by Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer

Disinheritance: The Rediscovered Stories

$44.82

Disinheritance: The Rediscovered Stories

$44.82
Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A collection of fiction by the Booker Prize-winning author and "one of the 20th century's great female writers" (The Washington Post), drawn from her ample body of work that has been out of the public eye for decades

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala began publishing fiction in 1956 and continued to do so until her death in 2013. Disinheritance showcases some of the finest of these efforts, all demonstrating Jhabvala's powers of keen observation as she examines the westernization of India's middle class, the interplay of social and romantic ambition, and the social mores that plague her characters, regardless of their geographical background. Salman Rushdie has described her as a "rootless intellectual," and John Updike called her an "initiated outsider." All these qualities shine in this very special collection, with stories undiscovered for decades.

Including an introduction from the author's 1979 lecture when awarded the Neil Gunn Prize in Scotland, Disinheritance balances a host of cultural influences to showcase Jhabvala's signature voice and her buoyant, satiric fiction.

Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 11/25/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.45h x 5.90w x 1.16d
ISBN: 9781640097360


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2025
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2025

About the Author
RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA, born in 1927, wrote several novels and short stories, and, in collaboration with James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, won two Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (for Howards End and A Room with a View). She won the Booker Prize in 1975 for Heat and Dust. Her other numerous accolades include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and an O. Henry Prize. She died in 2013.

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