num_pages: 300
description: The book discusses the East-West encounter in all its ramifications in the writings of the two novelists. The study encompasses, adopting a comparative approach, all the major novels including Kamala Markandaya’s A Silence of Desire, Possession, A Handful of Rice, Nectar in a Sieve and Ruth Jhabvala’s Esmond in India, A Backward Place, Heat and Dust and Three Continents.
language: English
title: Novels of Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Jhabvala
titlecomplete: Novels of Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Jhabvala
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division