My nine lives
Subtitle: chapters of a possible past
By: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; illustrations by C.S.H. Jhabvala.
Contributors: Jhabvala, C. S. H.
Edition: 1st Shoemaker & Hoard hardcover ed.
Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Authors -- Fiction; India -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "In this book, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala explores nine possible lives. While each is located in deeply familiar territory, whether England, India, or America, and often overlaid with that essential Central European family background, each life is born of startlingly different origins and each reveals a different destiny. Here are nine different answers to the central question: what would happen if I were granted an alternative life?"--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Life; title: Ménage; title: Gopis; title: Springlake; title: A choice of heritage; title: My family; title: Dancer with a broken leg; title: Refuge in London; title: Pilgrimage.