Rumer Godden - Couverture rigide

Chisholm, Anne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0333622758 ISBN 13 : 9780333622759

Editeur : Macmillan, 1998

Synopsis

Now in paperback, this is the definitive biography of Rumer Godden. It reveals her remarkable life and career from her birth in India, to her forced exile from the country she was passionate about and eventually into Scotland. Her career as a novelist began with "Black Narcissus" which - like many of her novels - was adapted into a successful film.

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Booklist

"Once upon a time," this story of a storyteller's life begins, "by a river in India there lived a little English girl." That little girl grew up to be internationally celebrated author Rumer Godden, who seems to have had a lifelong gift for translating the circumstances of her real life into her fictions--to the occasional consternation of her family. Though written with Godden's cooperation and clearly sympathetic to her, Chisholm's account does not gloss over the author's sometimes difficult personality, the failure of her first marriage, and the difficulties of her relationship with her younger daughter. By giving lavish attention to the settings--India and England--in which the story of Godden's life unfolded, Chisholm also mirrors one of Godden's own great strengths as a writer. Although the pace is sometimes sluggish and the attention to Godden's actual work is occasionally scant, this biography succeeds as an acutely observed examination of the evolution of one little English girl into a grande dame of letters. Michael Cart

Kirkus Reviews

Although Godden spent much of her life in exotic climes and has proven to be one of the few truly successful ``crossover'' writers, this sprawling biography will neither draw nor hold the attention of readers. Chisholm pads a narrative already filled with eye-glazing details of decades of comings and goings, minor meetings, and social events by taking side excursions to describe the making of films and other tangential episodes; she pays scant attention to Godden's children's books, and never considers how or why the author wrote for that audience. Published in England in 1998, this doesn't cover Godden's last months (she died near the end of the year). It's a mountain of undigested information, richer in itinerary than insight. (b&w photos, index) (Biography. 14+) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333622758
• ISBN 13: 9780333622759
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 356
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible