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Poet and Dancer

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Poet and Dancer (1993) is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that explores the destructive friendship between two women living in New York City. Jhabvala was a novelist and screenwriter, known for her insightful portrayals of Indian life and her work with the filmmaking team of Merchant and Ivory. Her novels often offered a witty and sometimes satirical perspective on social dynamics and the clash between Eastern and Western ideals. While many of her works focused on Indian society, Poet and Dancer marked a departure by centering on a different subject matter.1

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