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Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Virago Modern Classic (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

Godden, Rumer

 
9781844088423: Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Virago Modern Classic (Virago Modern Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1844088421 ISBN 13: 9781844088423
Verlag: Virago, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Rumer Godden's classic novel introduced by the bestselling author, Rosie Thomas. It tells the story of a young English woman's dramatic and disturbing experiences in Himalayan Kashmir.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den 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.

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'Rumer Godden's novels pulse with life . . . A collision of England and India familiar to readers of Forster's A Passage to India' Daily Telegraph


Sophie, an English ingénue with two children, arrives in Himalayan Kashmir to set up home in a tumbledown cottage surrounded by flowers and herbs. Settling down to live quietly, frugally and peacefully with her new neighbours, she is unaware of the turmoil her arrival provokes as the villagers compete fiercely for her patronage. Sophie's cook makes a drastic bid to secure his position, and the unwanted consequences are catastrophic . . .

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Verlag
Virago
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1844088421
ISBN 13 
9781844088423
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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