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A story of childhood set in the hot and turbulent Indian plains. Louise sets out to India with her two daughters to stay with her estranged husband. They arrive at his farm in the vast and unstable plains of East Bengal and almost immediately the fragile relationships between the four family members start to break down. There are fierce tensions between Louise and her husband Charles which are echoed in the cracks and holes in the fabric of the house, and between Louise and Emily, her eldest daughter. These strains erupt into outright war after the death of Emily's beloved spaniel Don, a gift from her father, at the hands of her mother. This is an intense and passionate novel about growing up in India.
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'Compassionate wisdom and serene understanding... with each book she writes Miss Godden's position as one of the finest of living English novelists becomes more secure' - Orville Prescott; 'One of our best and most captivating novelists' - Philip Hensher
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Rumer Godden was one of Britain's most distinguished authors with many justly famous and much-loved books for both adults and children to her credit, including Black Narcissus. The Greengage Summer and The Peacock Spring. She was awarded the OBE in 1993 and died in 1998.
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Condition: Bueno. : Una historia de infancia ambientada en las calurosas y turbulentas llanuras de la India. Louise viaja a Bengala Oriental con sus dos hijas para reunirse con su marido, del que está distanciada. Al llegar a su granja, las frágiles relaciones familiares comienzan a desmoronarse bajo una tensión feroz que estalla en un conflicto abierto tras la muerte del querido perro de su hija mayor.Esta novela intensa y apasionada explora el crecimiento personal y las grietas emocionales de una familia británica en un entorno inestable, donde los resentimientos personales se entrelazan con el paisaje sofocante de la India colonial. EAN: 9780708823859 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Breakfast with the Nikolides Autor: Rumer Godden Editorial: Futura Publishing Co Inc Idioma: en Páginas: 291 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2026-03-03-eb936de3
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