Travelers

In Travelers, Jhabvala examines the unlikely convergence of four wanderers: Asha, an imperious Indian widow, Raymond, a curious Englishman, Lee, an American looking for her spiritual core, and Gopi, an impressionable young student. With a mixture of impassioned dialogue and subtle narrative, Jhabvala examines the psychological and cultural forces that wend their paths into inextricable knots of love and conflict. "She has been awarded all sorts of prizes and is held in the highest esteem by critics all over the world. Jhabvala's fiction serves, always, to remind us of the universal vulnerability of mankind." Boston Globe "Magical... .Jhabvala is one of those rare writers who manages to be simultaneously caustic and loving with her creations." Wall Street Journal Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is the author of nineteen books. She is the recipient of Booker Prize, a MacArthur fellowship, and has been honored with an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Jhabvala's screenplays for Merchant—Ivory Productions have earned two Academy Awards. Jhabvala and her husband divide their time between Delhi and New York.