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Ruth prawer jhabvala was born in cologne, germany on may 7, 1927. The third novel of miss peregrines peculiar children. Set in colonial india during the 1920s, heat and dust tells the story of olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of. Click here to view audiobook details for heat and dust by ruth prawer jhabvala more. Ruth prawer jhabvala s most popular book is heat and dust. The initial stages of the novel are told in the first person, from the narrative voice of a woman who travels to india, to find out more about her stepgrandmother, olivia. Her first book, astercote, was published by heinemann in 1970. Heat and dust by ruth prawer jhabvala book cover, description, publication.