BIB_ID
460340
Accession number
MA 23840.1668
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2018.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.9 x 16 cm + envelope
Notes
Letter dated March 20, 1991.
Places of writing and of recipient from Ivory's accompanying sticky note.
Envelope addressed to "Ruth Jhabvala", without postmark or stamp, with "3/20/19" written in upper-left corner of recto.
Places of writing and of recipient from Ivory's accompanying sticky note.
Envelope addressed to "Ruth Jhabvala", without postmark or stamp, with "3/20/19" written in upper-left corner of recto.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of Prawer's letter and the "synopsis of the two novels" ("We must do both of them"); describing a plant of Jhabvala's, now blossomed, that "Jim has brought in to 12G"; sending well-wishes concerning Prawer's "bronchial attack" ("Don't forget you are booked to write screenplays till you're 200"); informing her of Merchant's upcoming travel to London.
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