01347cam a2200229 4500 1261848048 TxAuBib 980701s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 98034881 9781887178501 alk. paper 1887178503 alk. paper (OCoLC)963 DLC DLC WaOLN TxAuBib Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927- East into Upper East : plain tales from New York and New Delhi / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint, 1998. 314 p. ; 24 cm. Expiation -- Farid and Farida -- Independence -- Development and progress -- A New Delhi romance -- Husband and son -- The temptress -- A summer by the sea -- Great expectations -- Parasites -- Fidelity -- Bobby -- Broken promises -- Two muses. Stories featuring cosmopolitan Indians. In Independence, set in India, a high-class woman earns a living teaching social graces, in Two Muses, set in London, a girl observes her grandfather's marital infidelity, and in A Summer by the Sea, set in New York, a woman falls for the lover of her homosexual son-in-law. New Delhi (India) Social life and customs Fiction. New York (N.Y) Social life and customs Fiction.