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Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics
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, th ...Show more
Black Narcissus (Virago Modern Classic) (HB) by Rumer Godden
$35.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'A remarkable novel. One in a thousand' - ObserverHigh 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 wa ...Show more
Breakfast with the Nikolides by Rumer Godden
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics
For Emily Pool, India is a magical place where she has the freedom to escape her mother's suffocating influence. Her days are spent exploring the canals and gardens of East Bengal, and admiringly observing her glamorous, dignified neighbours, the Nikolides. But just as the cracks in Emily's family home ...Show more
Coromandel Sea Change by Rumer Godden
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classics
From Rumer Godden, the acclaimed author of Black Narcissus returns again to her beloved India with a novel brimming with heart, wit, unforgettable characters, and 'a sense of timelessness reminiscent of E. M. Forster' (The Times).Hotel owner Auntie Sanni has entertained all manner of guests during her m ...Show more
Kingfishers Catch Fire by Rumer Godden
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics
Sophie, an English ingenue 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 f ...Show more
Listen to the Nightingale (Virago Modern Classics) by Rumer Godden
$20.00 AUD
Category: Y.A Fiction
'Never forget, Charlotte, you were born to be a dancer ...Never forget. Promise.' Before her ballet teacher died, Lottie promised Madame Holbein to be the dancer her mother never lived to become. Orphaned at birth, Lottie has been brought up by her aunt, and though she is loved, she is lonely. Then she ...Show more
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classics
A tense, evocative, portrait of love and deceit set during one long hot summer in France, The Greengage Summer is a hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age story by from Rumer Godden, the author of Black Narcissus, a major BBC drama series.When their mother is suddenly taken ill on holiday, five siblings are ...Show more
Thursday's Children by Rumer Godden
$20.00 AUD
Category: Y.A Fiction
Doone Penny is a child with a gift - he was born to dance. But though others recognise his talent, there is little encouragement from his family. His mother preens over his pretty sister, Crystal, also a dancer, but fiercely competitive and vain. Doone's father would never allow a son of his to have bal ...Show more
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