What listeners say about Black Narcissus Average Customer Ratings. Overall. out of 5 stars out of 5 Stars 3 4 Stars 1 3 Stars 1 2 Stars 0 BBC mini series and the superior feature film starring Deborah Kerr, I wanted to read / listen to the original Rumer Godden book on . Black Narcissus. Black Narcissus. Through the cool, bright air of the Himalayan mountains near Darjeeling, the old Palace shines like a pale jewel. In the days when it was the General’s ‘harem’ palace, ladies with their retinues and rich clothes could be seen walking on the high windy terraces. At night, music floated out over villages and gorges far into the early hours. Houses in Rumer Godden’s novels often function like characters. In Black Narcissus, the House of Women is a tainted link to the past, thwarting landlord Toda Rai’s efforts to reform it by.
Rumer Godden, Author New York Review of Books $ (p) ISBN Exploring a similar theme, Rumer Godden's An Episode of Sparrows (), set in WWII London, tells of two street. A review of Black Narcissus. From the review of Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden in John Selby' s Literary Guidepost column, July The temptation so attempt to read Rumer Godden's "character" from her Black Narcissus is almost overpowering by the time one has finished this strange and delightful novel. Based on a novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus is set high in the Himalayas, where a group of nuns have transformed an old palace into a school and dispensary for the natives. Conflicts arise, though, as the sisters gradually fall victim to the erotic spell of their surroundings.
Complete summary of Rumer Godden's Black Narcissus. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Black Narcissus. Nine of her novels were made into films, including Black Narcissus; The Greengage Summer; and The River, which was filmed by Jean Renoir. Godden won the Whitbread Literary Award for children’s literature in , and in she was named an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Black Narcissus was adapted from writer Rumer Godden's novel of the same name. Michael Powell was introduced to the novel by actress Mary Morris, who had appeared in The Thief of Bagdad () and an early film he did with Emeric Pressburger, The Spy in Black ().
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