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 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, which was filmed by Jean Renoir. She was appointed OBE in 1993.