Download or read book The Householder: A Novel written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001-12-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All the figures in this book...are irresistible comic manifestations."—The New Yorker This witty and perceptive novel is about Prem, a young teacher in New Delhi who has just become a householder and is finding his responsibilities perplexing.