BIB_ID
449217
Accession number
MA 23840.281
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1966 October 15
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 30.5 x 18.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmarked October 17, 1966; handwritten note by James Ivory on recto, addressing the contents of the letter.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Telling her that the accounts for Merchant Ivory are done and will be sent soon; describing in detail meeting and working with Lillian Ross on the outline for "Vertical and Horizontal"; noting that he met Maeve Brennan and she reminds him unpleasantly of Marie Seton; describing what he has heard of the recent Satyajit Ray/R.D. Bansal counterfeiting scandal and asking if Ruth has heard anything about it; addressing in detail Ruth's misgivings about "Nerve," and why he is even considering doing it; telling an anecdote about Saeed Jaffrey catching a plane to India and the vagaries of sending things to India with travelers; describing Lillian Ross's conviction that Ruth is experiencing a writing "crisis."
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