Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Una mujer inglesa atrapada en un país que no es el suyo y sofocada por las estrictas reglas de ser la esposa de un importante funcionario Inglés.

¿Qué es lo que pasará cuando conozca a Nawab? Él hace que su mundo sea mejor, más aventurado. Pero el problema vendrá cuando sus affaires tengan un resultado inesperado.

¿Podrá Olivia continnuar viviendo en la clandestinidad con un hombre que no es su marido?

RESEÑA EN INGLÉS

Heat and Dust it is set in India in different periods of time and it was written in 1975 by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

The book tell us the story of two members of the same family who lived in India in different periods.

The first one is Olivia, the first wife of Douglas. She was unfaithful and this thing provoked a huge scandal in the British Community. Years later, Douglas finally married again with another woman, who was the mother of his only child and he is also the grandfather of the main character of this story.

She wants to know the truth behind Olivia's past and she decided to travel to the same place that Olivia lived. 

The book is a diary of Douglas' grandaughter, who traveled to India to discover how she lived during the first ages at 1920 and why she did what she did. And the only clue about that was a letter write by her own hand.

Hence, with this these things in her hands, our character arrive to India in 70s. Since the first moment, she meet different people who will be very important in her life and at the same time, she tell us all about Olivia's past. Finally, she will find out that although their stories were pretty similar, both of them did the things in a different way. And that was because they weren't the same type of person despite the fact they were family.

I completely recommend this book if you want to read what the life was for a woman in a country as exotic as India during the 20th century. Moreover, if you enjoy reading stories through the eyes of one member of the family as it was a personal diary.