Out of India

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Out of India is a memoir by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that reflects on her experiences and observations of life and culture in post-independence India.

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instanceOf book
memoir
author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala NERFINISHED
authorLivedIn Delhi NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin India
depicts life in India after independence
exploresTheme East-West relations
colonial legacy
cultural displacement
identity
social change in India
urban life in India
focusesOn cross-cultural encounters
domestic life in India
middle-class Indian life
genre memoir
non-fiction
hasAuthor Ruth Prawer Jhabvala NERFINISHED
hasAuthorNationality British
German-born
Indian (by residence)
hasForm prose
hasStructure collection of essays and sketches
hasTone ironic
observational
reflective
isAbout Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s experiences in India
language English
literaryForm essay collection
literaryMovement postcolonial literature
mainSubject Indian culture
expatriate experience
post-independence India
social observation
narrativePerspective first-person
relatedTopic Anglo-Indian relations NERFINISHED
Indian middle class NERFINISHED
postcolonial society in India
relatedWorkByAuthor Heat and Dust NERFINISHED
How I Became a Holy Mother and Other Stories NERFINISHED
setting post-independence India
settingPeriod mid-20th century
targetAudience adult readers

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala notableWork Out of India