Heat and Dust / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; retold by Clare West
By: Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer [autor]
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Contributor(s): West, Clare [relatora].
Series: Oxford Bookworms.Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993Edition: Fourth Edition.Description: 89 pages : Illustrations ; 19 cm.Content type: texto Media type: no mediado Carrier type: volumenISBN: 0194216535.Subject(s): Novela Histórica | Historical novel | Love story | Historia de amorDDC classification: 808.33081 / Summary: Heat and dust- these simple, terrible words describe the Indian summer. Year after year, endlessly, it is the same. And everyone who experiences this heat and dust is changed for ever.
We often say, in these modern times that sexual relationships have changed, for better or worse. But in this book we see that things have not changed. Whether we look back sixty years, or a hundred and sixty, we see that it is not things that change, but people. And, in the heat and dust of an Indian summer, even people are not very different after all. Summary: “Las etapas iniciales de la novela se cuentan en primera persona, a partir de la voz narrativa de una mujer que viaja a la India, para obtener más información sobre su abuela, Olivia. Tiene varias cartas escritas por Olivia, y al leerlas y aprender de sus propias experiencias en India, descubre la verdad sobre Olivia y su vida durante el Raj británico en la década de 1920.” Wikipedia
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Heat and dust- these simple, terrible words describe the Indian summer. Year after year, endlessly, it is the same. And everyone who experiences this heat and dust is changed for ever.
We often say, in these modern times that sexual relationships have changed, for better or worse. But in this book we see that things have not changed. Whether we look back sixty years, or a hundred and sixty, we see that it is not things that change, but people. And, in the heat and dust of an Indian summer, even people are not very different after all.
“Las etapas iniciales de la novela se cuentan en primera persona, a partir de la voz narrativa de una mujer que viaja a la India, para obtener más información sobre su abuela, Olivia. Tiene varias cartas escritas por Olivia, y al leerlas y aprender de sus propias experiencias en India, descubre la verdad sobre Olivia y su vida durante el Raj británico en la década de 1920.” Wikipedia
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