The Householder: A Novel

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Overview

"All the figures in this book...are irresistible comic manifestations."—The New Yorker

This witty and perceptive novel is about Prem, a young teacher in New Delhi who has just become a householder and is finding his responsibilities perplexing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393008517
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	12/17/2001
Series:	Norton Library Series
Edition description:	(A reissue)
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE, is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. She has won two Academy Awards for her work in film. She lives in New York and in India.