BIB_ID
449730
Accession number
MA 23840.591
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 December 16
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 24.8 x 18.7 cm
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Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Telling him that she felt "crushed and terrible" about a phone call she had with him yesterday but woke up feeling more contented because "those were your voices, you were there, and that seemed such a blessing"; offering advice for how to treat his headaches; telling him about the two times that Jhab made her laugh recently; thanking him for the letters he sent before the premiere because his "fear and presentiments got through to me and filled me too so that I really knew before I knew"; asking him what his plans are for his next film; describing her days ("I sit in the garden in the sun. I'm sitting there now. In the same chair, the same table, the same spot where last year you drank Bloody Marys before lunch."); describing the liqueurs they are making.
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