The Householder (novel)
 First UK edition | |
| Author | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Subject | bildungsroman |
| Genre | fiction |
| Publisher | John Murray (UK) W. W. Norton (US)[1] |
Publication date | 1960 |
| Pages | 191 |
| ISBN | 978-0393008517 |
| OCLC | 369105 |
| Preceded by | Esmond in India (1958) |
| Followed by | Get Ready for Battle (1962) |
The Householder is a 1960 English language novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.[2] It is about a young man named Prem who has recently moved from the first stage of his life, a student, to the second stage of his life, a householder. The book is a bildungsroman, which is a story where the protagonist develops mind and character as he passes from childhood (innocence) through various experiences usually through a spiritual crisis into maturity.[3]
A film adaptation of The Householder was released in 1963, and Jhabvala started her career as a screenwriter by co-writing its screenplay with director James Ivory.[4] It was also Ivory's directorial debut (not including documentary shorts) as well as his first collaboration with producer Ismail Merchant.[5][6] Eventually Jhabvala was to win Academy Awards for writing adapted screenplays for two further Merchant Ivory Productions, A Room with a View and Howards End.
Characters
- Prem
- Indu, Prem's Wife
- Prem's mother
- Mr. Khanna, the principal of the college where Prem works as a Teacher
- Mrs. Khanna
- Mr. Chaddha, the history teacher
- Mr. Sohan Lal, the math teacher
- Raj, Prem's High school friend
- Hans Loewe, Kitty, and Mohammed, White people living in India and their servant
- Mr. Seigal, Prem's landlord
References
- ^ "The householder. (Book, 1960)". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ M. Q. Khan; Bijay Kumar Das (1 January 2007). Studies in Postcolonial Literature. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 153. ISBN 978-81-269-0763-2.
- ^ Nagendra Kumar Singh (2005). Society and Self in the Novels of R.P. Jhabvala and Kamala Markandaya. Sarup & Sons. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-81-7625-615-5.
- ^ Indian Women Novelists in English. Sarup & Sons. 1 January 2005. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-81-7625-576-9.
- ^ The Householder at IMDb
- ^ The Householder overview at Merchant Ivory website
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