Black Narcissus - A Virago Modern Classic: Volume 155

Zusatztext [A] beautiful novel Informationen zum Autor Rumer Godden (1907-1998) was the acclaimed author of over sixty works of fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. Born in England, she and her siblings grew up in Narayanganj, India, and she later spent many years living in Kolkata and Kashmir. Several of her novels were made into films, including Black Narcissus, The Greengage Summer and The River , which was filmed by Jean Renoir. She was appointed OBE in 1993. Klappentext 'A remarkable and beautiful book' Daily Telegraph 'Like Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca or Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind , Black Narcissus is one of those rare novels that combine huge popular appeal with emotional subtlety and literary skill' Anne Chisholm High in the Himalayas, the old mountaintop palace shines like a jewel. Built for the General's harem, laughter and music once floated out over the gorge. But now it sits abandoned; windswept and haunting. The General's son bestows the palace to the Sisters of Mary, and 'the House of Women', as it was once known, becomes the Convent of St Faith. Close to the heavens, the nuns feel inspired, working fervently to establish their school and hospital. But the isolation and emptiness of the mountain become increasingly unsettling, and passions long repressed emerge with tragic consequences . . . Zusammenfassung The basis for Powell & Pressburger's Academy Award-winning 1947 film, Rumer Godden's much-admired classic novel tells the story of a sisterhood of nuns on a mission in Himalayan India.

Product details

• Authors: Rumer Godden
• Assisted by: Rosie Thomas (Introduction), Thomas Rosie (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.02.2013
• EAN: 9781844088393
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-839-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Religious, FICTION / Media Tie-In, Fiction: general and literary, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction