BIB_ID
448205
Accession number
MA 23840.30
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1963 March 22
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 aerogramme (3 pages) ; 27 x 21 cm
Notes
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory, c/o American Express, Rome, Italy; postmarked March 23, 1963 (India) and March 26, 1963 (Italy), and stamped "27 Mar 1963".
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Expressing disbelief that Ivory has left for Rome, and hoping he is enjoying "all the sybaritic pleasures the Mediterranean has to offer"; imagining "Dear, dear Ismail" on "that P + O ship," "carrying shawls and lighting cigarettes"; passing on stories of Nehru's and Indira Gandhi's enthusiastic reaction to "The Householder" (1963) at the screening at the Galbraith's, as well as some peoples' criticisms.
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