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Black Narcissus: A Virago Modern Classic (VMC) Book

NOW A HAUNTING BBC DRAMA, STARRING GEMMA ARTERTON AND DIANA RIGG'A remarkable and beautiful book' DAILY TELEGRAPH'I envy anyone reading it for the first time' AMANDA COE'[Godden has] a genius for storytelling' EVENING STANDARD High in the Himalayas, the mountaintop palace shines like a jewel. Built for the General's harem, laughter and music once floated out over the gorge. Now it sits abandoned, windswept and haunting.The palace is bestowed to the Sisters of Mary, and what was once known as 'the House of Women' becomes the Convent of St Faith. Close to the heavens, the nuns feel inspired, working fervently to establish their school and hospital. But as the isolation and emptiness of the mountain become increasingly unsettling, passions long repressed emerge with tragic consequences . . .Read More

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    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...

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    Black Narcissus : Paperback : Little, Brown Book Group : 9781844088393 : 1844088391 : 07 Feb 2013 : 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.

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    Beginning work in the orchards and opening a school and a dispensary for the Himalayan mountain people, the Sisters of Mary are dependent for help on the English agent, Mr Dean. But his charm and insolent candour are disconcerting. High in the...

  • 1844088391
  • 9781844088393
  • Rumer Godden
  • 7 February 2013
  • Virago
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
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