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Rumer Godden (1907-1998) was the acclaimed author of over sixty works of fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. Born in England, she and her siblings grew up in Narayanganj, India, and she later spent many years living in Kolkata and Kashmir. Several of her novels were made into films, including Black Narcissus, The Greengage Summer and The River, which was filmed by Jean Renoir. She was appointed OBE in 1993.[Godden's] distinctive, poised and unsentimental books have never lost a shred of their almost hypnotic appeal
- Rosie Thomas, Guardian
Her <b>craftsmanship is always sure</b>; her understanding of character is compassionate and profound; her prose is pure, delicate, and gently witty
New York Times
<i>The River</i> will make you<b> laugh</b>, make you <b>cry</b> and, in its way, <b>change you forever</b>
- Julie Myerson,
Bold, beautiful . . . <b>everyone's appetites will be satisfied</b>
Elle
A small masterpiece, a near perfect account of how childhood has to come to an end and the serpent must enter the garden . . . In <i>The River</i> she celebrates a passion for the people, colours, sounds and even the smells of India . . . She evokes, in simple, flawless prose, a young girl's first encounters with jealousy, sex, guilt and death
- Anne Chisholm, Spectator
The grace, the fragility, associated with Rumer Godden, again most evident in this new book
Kirkus Reviews
So intense, so quietly demanding of attention, that at the time there will be nothing in your thoughts but a small girl in India, and the people and places that were her world
Saturday Review
<b>Compassionate wisdom and serene understanding</b> . . . with each book she writes Miss Godden's position as one of the finest of English novelists becomes more secure
- Orville Prescott,