by Rumer Godden · Viena · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483304549
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«El riu» is the novel by Rumer Godden, published by Viena in paperback (160 pages, in Catalan).
Set in colonial India, it tells the story of an English teenager who lives by the Ganges and seeks her place between childhood and adulthood. The novel explores awakening to life, identity, loss and faith, and uses the river as a metaphor for the passage of time. It inspired the movie by Jean Renoir.
It is volume 2 of the collection El cercle de Viena. The book was translated into Catalan by Marcel Riera.
For readers of classic fiction and coming-of-age novels set in India.
Margaret Rumer Godden was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably Black Narcissus in 1947 and The River in 1951.
