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. Now the General's son has bestowed it upon the disciplined Sisters of Mary. Beginning work in the orchards and opening a school and a dispensary for the mountain people, the small band of Sisters are depended for help on the English agent, Mr Dean. But his charm and insolent candour are disconcerting ...
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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. Now the General's son has bestowed it upon the disciplined Sisters of Mary. Beginning work in the orchards and opening a school and a dispensary for the mountain people, the small band of Sisters are depended for help on the English agent, Mr Dean. But his charm and insolent candour are disconcerting. When he says bluntly `This is no place for a nunnery', it is as if he already knows their destiny . . . `Black Narcissus . . . bears comparison with A Passage to India ' Arthur Koestler `A very remarkable novel indeed. One in a thousand' Observer `The writing is lovely, subtle, gentle, humorous and apprehensive' Hugh Walpole `A genius for storytelling' Evening Standard
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This book which was made into a movie, is strange. Well written, but I found the whole thing hard to grasp. Was disappointed by the book because the author has many excellent titles, but I wouldn't put this one at the top.
stellachiara
Dec 6, 2007
second best
An intriguing novel about a group of Anglo-Irish nuns who try to establish a convent in the Himalayas in the 1930's. The question which the author invites the reader to answer is whether their misadventures are caused by the mysterious dark past of the location, or reflect only the bumpy roads and wrong turns of their own spiritual journeys. The characters and plot are less well developed than Godden's In This House of Brede, also set in a convent, but this is still an enjoyable read.
