Black Narcissus

Name: Black Narcissus
Author: Rumer Godden

by Rumer Godden

Novel of English nuns running a convent school high in the Indian Himalayas

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Rumer Godden

Godden was an English novelist of unusual range, writing both adult fiction of India and England and distinguished children's books. Black Narcissus and The Peacock Spring draw on her years in India with vividness and moral seriousness.

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The Peacock SpringNovel exploring forbidden attraction and family secrecy in colonial India
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