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.
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Author | Rumer Godden |
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Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher | Peter Davies (UK) Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1942 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Synopsis
editAfter 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
edit- ^ Lassner p.86
Bibliography
edit- 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.