by Rumer Godden · Pan Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330335218
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«In This House of Brede» is the novel by Rumer Godden, published by Pan Books in paperback (448 pages, in English).
Philippa Talbot, a career woman in her late thirties, gives up her post in the Civil Service to enter Brede Abbey, an enclosed Benedictine community. There she must adapt to shared life, confront her memories and reconcile with her past while the sisters, guided by the abbess, sustain the life of the monastery between faith and everyday difficulties.
The novel was originally published in 1969; the 1994 edition is from Pan Books.
Intended for readers of literary fiction and contemporary fiction with an interest in monastic life, faith and the search for purpose.
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.
