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Breakfast with the Nikolides
Rumer Godden
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Description for Breakfast with the Nikolides
Paperback. Rumer Godden's coming-of-age story set in post-colonial East Bengal is a vivid and haunting classic. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
By the author of Black Narcissus and The River
'One of our best and most captivating novelists' PHILIP HENSHER
'She has distilled in simple, luminous prose the experiences of expatriate India, of childhood and its innocence' LUCY HUGHES-HALLET, SUNDAY TIMES
'[Godden has] a genius for storytelling' EVENING STANDARD
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
VMC
Condition
New
Weight
176g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844088454
SKU
V9781844088454
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Rumer Godden
Rumer Godden (1907-1998) 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 Kolkata and Kashmir. Several of her novels were made into films, including Black Narcissus, The Greengage Summer and The River, which ... Read more
Reviews for Breakfast with the Nikolides
She has distilled in simple, luminous prose the experiences of expatriate India, of childhood and its innocence
Lucy Hughes-Hallet
Sunday Times
[Godden's] distinctive, poised and unsentimental books have never lost a shred of their almost hypnotic appeal
Rosie Thomas
Guardian
[Godden has] a genius for storytelling
Evening Standard
All [Godden's novels] have ... Read more
Lucy Hughes-Hallet
Sunday Times
[Godden's] distinctive, poised and unsentimental books have never lost a shred of their almost hypnotic appeal
Rosie Thomas
Guardian
[Godden has] a genius for storytelling
Evening Standard
All [Godden's novels] have ... Read more