Description
The River
Author: Rumer Godden
Hard cover. Very good condition. First edition (1946).
The River by Rumer Godden is a lyrical coming-of-age novel set in colonial India, narrated by Harriet, an English girl growing up beside the great river that shapes her family’s life. The story follows Harriet and her friends as they move from childhood innocence toward painful emotional awareness, particularly through their shared fascination with Captain John, a wounded war veteran whose presence awakens first love and jealousy. Against the richly evoked rhythms of Indian life—marked by seasonal floods, religious rituals, and cultural contrasts—the novel explores themes of love, loss, death, and the end of innocence. Godden’s prose blends nostalgia with quiet tragedy, presenting the river as both a physical setting and a powerful symbol of life’s continual flow and transformation.
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