Breakfast with the Nikolides
A Virago Modern Classic
$25.73
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2013
Summary
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 are papered over, so do the Pools strive to maintain an outward impression of respectability, and it is through the Nikolides that Emily is exposed to a world of adult deceit and attrition. And…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844088454 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1844088456 |
| Author: | Rumer Godden, Rosie Thomas |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 191g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 200mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
[Godden’s] distinctive, poised and unsentimental books have never lost a shred of their almost hypnotic appeal
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 one important thing in common: They are beautifully and simply wrought by a woman of depth and sensitivity * Los Angeles Times *
About The Author
Rumer Godden
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.
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