Книга: Black Narcissus (Godden Rumer); Virago, 2020

The basis for Powell & Pressburger's Academy Award-winning 1947 film, Rumer Godden's much-admired classic novel tells the story of a sisterhood of nuns on a mission in Himalayan India.

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, the Sisters of Mary.

Well-intentioned yet misguided, the nuns set about taming the gardens and opening a school and dispensary for the villagers. They are dependent on the local English agent of Empire, Mr Dean; but his charm and insolent candour are disconcerting. And the implacable emptiness of the mountain, the ceaseless winds, exact a toll on the Sisters.When Mr Dean says bluntly, 'This is no place for a nunnery,' it is as if he foresees their destiny. . .

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9780349014043
Автор(ы)	Godden Rumer
Вес	0.39
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2020
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	Virago
Издательство	Virago
Кол-во страниц	258
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	258
Обложка	твердый переплёт
Серия	Virago Modern Classics
Тип обложки	твердая