Black Narcissus - Couverture souple

Godden, Rumer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330324705 ISBN 13 : 9780330324700

Editeur : Pan Books, 2004

Synopsis

In the days when it was the General’s `harem’ palace, ladies with their retinues and rich clothes could be seen walking on the high windy terraces. At night, music floated out over villages and gorges far into the early hours. Now the General’s son has bestowed it upon the disciplined Sisters of Mary.

Beginning work in the orchards and opening a school and a dispensary for the mountain people, the small band of Sisters are depended for help on the English agent, Mr Dean. But his charm and insolent candour are disconcerting. When he says bluntly `This is no place for a nunnery’, it is as if he already knows their destiny . . .

`Black Narcissus . . . bears comparison with A Passage to India ’ Arthur Koestler

`A very remarkable novel indeed. One in a thousand’ Observer

`The writing is lovely, subtle, gentle, humorous and apprehensive’ Hugh Walpole

`A genius for storytelling’ Evening Standard

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rumer Godden was one of Britain's most distinguished authors with many justly famous and much-loved books for both adults and children to her credit, including Black Narcissus, The Greengage Summer and The Peacock Spring. She was awarded the OBE in 1993 and died in 1998, aged ninety.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330324705
• ISBN 13: 9780330324700
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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