Set in Kashmir, this is the story of Sophie, a young and idealistic English woman with two young daughters who decides to set up house in a remote Indian Village. She finds a tumbledown house nestled into the foothills of the Himalayas and there plans to live peacefully and frugally and at one with the villagers around her. However, she is blissfully ignorant of the turmoil that her arrival produces with the villagers soon in fierce competition for her patronage. Sophie's cook is finally prompted to take action and the ...
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Set in Kashmir, this is the story of Sophie, a young and idealistic English woman with two young daughters who decides to set up house in a remote Indian Village. She finds a tumbledown house nestled into the foothills of the Himalayas and there plans to live peacefully and frugally and at one with the villagers around her. However, she is blissfully ignorant of the turmoil that her arrival produces with the villagers soon in fierce competition for her patronage. Sophie's cook is finally prompted to take action and the consequences of his innocent plotting are catastrophic. This is a poignant story of the conflict between idealism and reality which has strong parallels with Rumer Godden's own life and experiences in the foothills of the Kashmiri Himalaya. 'A haunting tale . . . the whole book burns with the beauty and poetry of a matchless landscape, but the human side of it is wry, delicate and true' - Daily Telegraph 'One of our best and most captivating novelists' - Philip Hensher
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt. Text clean; binding tight; page fore-edge lightly foxed. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn at edges, with chipping at head of browned spine.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; There are some crayons marks on the inside front cover and the front endpaper Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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Good. 1st Printing. First Edition/First Printing published by Macmillan, London, 1953. VG clean condition. No marks or inscriptions. Clean cloth covers with slight fading to spine.
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Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket is rubbed with edgewear, spinetips chipped. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
This is one of the saddest of Rumer Godden's books of all that I have read but, like all her others, beautifully crafted. The story carries you forward even as you fear for the next trouble to come their way. It does end on a positive note but it is a hard road to get there.