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082			_a823.914 _bJHA
100			_aJhabvala, Ruth Prawer
245			_aHouseholder
260			_aLondon: _bAbacus, _c2013
300			_a218 p. ; _c19.8 cm.
365			_aINR _b499.00
520			_aPrem is a recently married teacher who is neither very good at teaching nor at being married. He is promised an ally against his wife Indu, whom he regards with varying degrees of irritation, when his mother comes to visit. He soon finds, though, that maternal interference is far from helpful, and he receives comfort from an entirely unexpected quarter - his wife - as he discovers through her the joys of being a 'settled husband and householder'. From every page rise the heat, the smells, the flashing iridescent colours and the ceaseless rhythms of Indian life. This tale of a young man trying to come to terms with marriage and maturity becomes more than a highly comic vignette of a particular society - it is also a reflection of a universal experience.
650			_aMothers and sons
650			_aNewlyweds
650			_aIndia
650			_aSocial life and customs
650			_aFiction
942			_2ddc _cBK