Synopsis
The Peacock Spring is a beautiful and heartbreaking novel of loss of innocence and coming-of-age from Rumer Godden, the acclaimed author of Black Narcissus and The Greengage Summer.
At fifteen and twelve, the daughters of diplomat have already seen more of the world than most girls of their age. But when Una and her younger sister, Halcyon, are summoned from...
Details
09 February 2023336 pages
9781529078480Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Adolescent romance turns to sexual passion, then turmoil, as Una’s coming-of-age exposes racial and social prejudices in 1950s India. The richness and colour of Delhi are in stark contrast with repressed British order in this lush, expansive novel where everyone is hiding something.Daily Mail
One of the finest English novelists.Orville Prescott
