Breakfast with the Nikolides

Breakfast with the Nikolides is a 1942 novel by the British writer Rumer Godden.[1] Like much of her work the story takes place in British India, where she lived for many years.

Breakfast with the Nikolides
First edition (UK)
AuthorRumer Godden
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherPeter Davies (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
1942
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Synopsis

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After a decade apart, while she has been working in Paris and bringing up the children, a couple are reunited in India during the Second World War. They continue to quarrel as she wants to leave India while he is deeply committed to it.

References

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  1. ^ Lassner p.86

Bibliography

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  • Lassner, Phyllis. Colonial Strangers: Women Writing the End of the British Empire. Rutgers University Press, 2004.
  • Le-Guilcher, Lucy. Rumer Godden: International and Intermodern Storyteller. Routledge, 2016.