Book description
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 . . . 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.
