Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life

by Anne Chisholm

Book Overview

Once upon a time by a river in India there lived a little English girl called Ma Rumer Godden. The life of Rumer Godden, one of our best-loved contemporary authors, has been as eventful and dramatic as the plot of any of her novels. Born in India to English parents at the height of British colonial power, she always knew she wanted to be a writer. Her literary career has spanned six decades. In 1939, Black Narcissus became an overnight bestseller...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688169449
• ISBN13: 9780688169442
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

The life of the storyteller

Having enjoyed the works of Rumer Godden all my life I also enjoyed this telling of the story of her life, which in many ways is even more interesting than the novels she wrote. The only reason that I could not give this book four stars was because I felt that the biography did not cover the last half of her life as well and as completely as it did the first half. I recommend this book not only to those individuals who are as taken with Rumer's fiction as I am, but also for those individuals who seek to become writers, and those who enjoy biography.