Heat and Dust

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Title Heat and Dust

Image:Heatanddust.jpg Paperback edition book cover
Author	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Historical novel
Publisher	John Murray
Released	30 October 1975
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	ISBN 0-7195-3401-1 (first edition, hardback)

Heat and Dust (1975) is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala which won the Booker Prize in 1975.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Awards 3 Film 4 External links

Plot summary

The events of the story take place in India, during the periods of the British Raj in the 1920s and the present day of the film (the 1980s). A young English woman, Anne, searches for the truth about her grand-aunt Olivia (1920s).

Anne discovers that Olivia was a woman smothered by the social restrictions placed upon her by British society. She falls in love with a Nawab and becomes pregnant with his child. Her decision to abort the baby results in a scandal. In discovering the truth about her aunt, Anne also comes to understand herself better and develops an interest in India.

Awards

• 1975: Heat and Dust Wins Booker Prize

Film

Heat and Dust (film) (1983) is a Merchant Ivory Productions award winning film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based upon her novel. It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant.

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