In this House of Brede - A Virago Modern Classic

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 'The motto was Pax but the word was set in a circle of thorns. Peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort.' Bruised by tragedy, Philippa Talbot leaves a successful career in the civil service for a new calling. She joins an enclosed order of Benedictine nuns. In this small community of fewer than one hundred women, she soon discovers all the human frailties: jealousy, love, despair. But each crisis of heart and conscience is guided by the compassion and intelligence of the Abbess and by the Sisters' shared bond of faith and ritual. Away from the world, and yet at one with it, Philippa must learn to forgive and forget her past . . . Rumer Godden's classic 1960s novel is a vivid portrait of a woman's encounter with faith as she enters an order of Benedictine nuns. Zusammenfassung Rumer Godden's classic 1960s novel is a vivid portrait of a woman's encounter with faith as she enters an order of Benedictine nuns.

Product details

• Authors: Rumer Godden
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781844088560
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-856-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 35 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