Godden's early years were spent in India. "Our father, 'Fa,' worked for one of the oldest of the Indian Inland Navigation Steamer Companies which, between them, were responsible for the navigation of the great rivers of Assam and Bengal. This meant that...

A prolific writer of novels, short fiction, and nonfiction for adults as well as novels, stories, and poetry for children, Rumer Godden conveys in her works the plight and triumph of children separated from their parents, the difficulty of adjusting to n...

DEFENDERS of culture were grateful that a film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings had preserved the general form of the original narration, and that the film had revived interest in a good author. One wonders, though: in something like Tolkien's work,...

DEFENDERS of culture were grateful that a film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings had preserved the general form of the original narration, and that the film had revived interest in a good author. One wonders, though: in something like Tolkien's...