Title:
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BLACK NARCISSUS
A VIRAGO MODERN CLASSIC |
By: |
Rumer Godden, Rosie Thomas, Jilly Bond |
Format: |
Downloadable audio file |
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£17.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1405532173 |
ISBN 13: |
9781405532174 |
Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
Pub. date: |
25 September, 2014 |
Edition: |
Unbridged ed of digital original |
Series: |
VMC 1888 |
Description: |
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. |
Synopsis: |
High in the Himalayas near Darjeeling, the old mountaintop palace shines like a jewel. When it was the General's 'harem' palace, richly dressed ladies wandered the windswept terraces; at night, music floated out over the villages and gorges. Now, the General's son has bestowed it on an order of nuns, the Sisters of Mary. Well-intentioned yet misguided, the nuns set about taming the gardens and opening a school and dispensary for the villagers. They are dependent on the local English agent of Empire, Mr Dean; but his charm and insolent candour are disconcerting. And the implacable emptiness of the mountain, the ceaseless winds, exact a toll on the Sisters.When Mr Dean says bluntly, 'This is no place for a nunnery,' it is as if he foresees their destiny... |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Hachette Audio |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |