Book description
In the days when it was the General's `harem' palace, ladies with their retinues and rich clothes could be seen walking on the high windy terraces. At night, music floated out over villages and gorges far into the early hours. Now the General's son has bestowed it upon the disciplined…
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1 author picked Black Narcissus as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The unusual setting draws the reader into a different world as a group of English nuns travel to an isolated mountain top in the Himalayas to set up a nunnery. The tale tells of different personalities clashing both inside the convent and with the local population outside. There is an underlying sexual tension as the nunnery is a palace where the harem used to be, and one of the sister becomes infatuated with the agent who helps them.
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