{"product_id":"a-lovesong-for-india-9781408705148","title":"A Lovesong For India","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking us from a sweltering Indian rooftop at night to the marble halls of an ageing Bollywood star''s palace, this is a new collection of short stories from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wedding is planned between two innocents at a crumbling mansion of a grand Hudson Valley estate, while among the white-socked convent girls of post-colonial New Delhi a mixed-race couple contemplate their son''s alienation and the failure of hope.  A young English girl infiltrates Fifth Avenue theatrical royalty and a lovely Broadway starlet exacts a clever, protracted revenge against her nemesis.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking of mortality and family rivalry, of the transfer of power from old to young, of love and the loss of innocence, this is a delicious assortment of fairytales and parables.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA writer of genius . . . a master storyteller * Sunday Times *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836851241303,"sku":"9781408705148","price":7.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408705148.jpg?v=1710383704","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-lovesong-for-india-9781408705148","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}