Black Narcissus

A remarkable and beautiful book * Daily Telegraph *A remarkable novel. One in a thousand * Observer *Like Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca or Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, Black Narcissus is one of those rare novels that combines huge popular appeal with emotional subtlety and literary skill – Anne ChisholmGodden’s wonderful book sets out a complex vision of the variety, necessity and danger of desire, rendered into a story that is completely pleasurable. I envy anyone reading it for the first time. – Amanda Coe[Godden has] a genius for storytelling * Evening Standard *[A] beautiful novel * Daily Mail *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 *

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. She was appointed OBE in 1993.