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Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, New York, New York, [1966] October 8 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
448967
Accession number
MA 23840.245
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, [1966] October 8
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 26.7 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Year from postmark
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory + Ismail Merchant, 400 East 52nd St., New York 10022, N.Y., U.S.A., postmarked October 8, 1966; aerogramme was slit open across the middle rather than at the edge.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Eviscerating "Nerve" [a novel by Dick Francis, published in 1964], which they have mentioned as a possible next project, and interrogating them as to why they want to adapt it; claiming it doesn't line up with Ivory's particular strengths as a director; asking him to explain what has drawn him to the property; asking how things are going with "Vertical and Horizontal," which she believes does suit Ivory.