Book description
You can't stop days or rivers . . . ' Harriet's older sister is no
longer a playmate, her brother is still a little boy. And the comforting
rhythm of her Indian childhood - the noise from the jute works, the
colourful festivals that accompany each season and the eternal ebb and
flow of the river on its journey to the Bay of Bengal - is about to be
shattered by a tragic event. Intense, vivid and with a dark undertow,
The River
is Rumer Godden's compelling portrait of three siblings on the cusp of
adulthood. Rumer Godden (1907-98) 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 Calcutta 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.
