Breakfast with the Nikolides

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 'Rumer Godden is a master storyteller, a genius at conveying a sense of place' Observer For Emily Pool, India is a magical place where she has the freedom to escape her mother's suffocating influence. Her days are spent exploring the canals and gardens of East Bengal, and admiringly observing her glamorous, dignified neighbours, the Nikolides. But just as the cracks in Emily's family home are papered over, so do the Pools strive to maintain an outward impression of respectability, and it is through the Nikolides that Emily is exposed to a world of adult deceit and attrition. And when her beloved dog dies, the event forces a confrontation and reveals to Emily that nothing in the town is quite as it seems... Vorwort From the New York Times bestselling author, Rumer Godden's, comes a coming-of-age story set in post-colonial East Bengal is a vivid and haunting classic. Zusammenfassung From the New York Times bestselling author, Rumer Godden's, comes a coming-of-age story set in post-colonial East Bengal is a vivid and haunting classic.

Product details

• Authors: Rumer Godden
• Assisted by: Rosie Thomas (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2013
• EAN: 9781844088454
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-845-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Adventure fiction, Fiction: general and literary