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Jhabvala

/ dʒæbˈvɑːlə /

noun

  1. JhabvalaRuth Prawer19272013FBritishGermanWRITING: writer Ruth Prawer, original name Ruth Prawer . 1927–2013, British writer living in India and the US, born in Germany to Polish parents: author of the Booker-prizewinning novel Heat and Dust (1975) and scripts for films by James Ivory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The filmmakers are masters of literary adaptation, thanks in no small part to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

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Another thing about it was that Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote a perfect screenplay.

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They worked with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins on more than half of them.

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Actress Emma Thompson sees “The Remains of the Day,” which she starred in for the filmmakers, as being “about people in disguise . . . because of society and culture,” and explains how that theme spoke to her as well as to Merchant, Ivory and Jhabvala.

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But a post on X from Washington Post NFL reporter Nicki Jhabvala showed Quinn at an airport in the Washington area headed out of town with his interview with the Commanders apparently over.

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