BIB_ID
449043
Accession number
MA 23840.513
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 February 14
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.1 x 17.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to "Mr. James Ivory, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay 1", postmarked.
Letter from Claire Bolam, Cambridgeshire, England to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1970 Janauary 14 enclosed (see MA 23840.513a).
Letter from Claire Bolam, Cambridgeshire, England to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1970 Janauary 14 enclosed (see MA 23840.513a).
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Asking to meet "those 3 marvellous young men" before writing a particular scene; saying she'd like to take another look at scene 2 as well as the Hari-Vikram scene in the recording studio and check the chronological order of the scenes; describing a visit from her friend Mary, who lives in Singapore; describing a remarkable photo ("it had that precise and luminous quality") she saw in a curio shop of a woman having bangles fitted; alerting him to a letter she forwarded him from Claire Bolam; telling him about her upcoming travel plans to Mumbai; asking about "the home-movie scene"; telling him about a wedding dinner that will be happening on their lawn for one of their neighbors' daughters.
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