The River

Name: The River
Author: Rumer Godden

by Rumer Godden

Lyrical novel of three young people navigating love and loss beside an Indian river

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About the author

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.

More by Rumer Godden

Black NarcissusNovel of English nuns running a convent school high in the Indian Himalayas
In This House of BredeNarrative of a woman entering a Benedictine convent and discovering spiritual renewal
The Peacock SpringNovel exploring forbidden attraction and family secrecy in colonial India
A Fugue in Time