{"product_id":"book-e10d","title":"Black Narcissus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive nuns confront nature-physical and human-in a remote Himalayan convent in the bestselling novel that inspired the new FX miniseries.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eUnder the guidance of Sister Clodagh, the youngest Mother Superior in the history of their order, five European Sisters of the Servants of Mary leave their monastery in Darjeeling, India, and make their way to remote Mopu in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. There, in the opulent, abandoned palace where an Indian general housed his harem, the holy sisters hope to establish a school and a health clinic. Their aim is to help combat superstition, ignorance, and disease among the mistrusting natives in the village below, and to silence the doubts of their royal benefactor's agent, the hard-drinking and somewhat disreputable Mr. Dean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eBut all too soon, the isolation, the ghosts and lurid history, and the literally breathtaking beauty of this high, lonely place in the Asian mountains begin to take a serious toll on Sister Clodagh and her fellow nuns. And their burdens may prove too heavy to bear, exposing a vulnerable humanity that threatens to undermine the best intentions of the purest hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThe basis for the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning motion picture starring Deborah Kerr, as well as the new miniseries on FX starring Gemma Arterton, \u003cem\u003eBlack Narcissus\u003c\/em\u003e has been universally praised for its poignancy, passion, and rich evocation of a time and place. An intensely human story of devotion, faith, and madness, this beloved novel by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e-bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eIn This House of Brede\u003c\/em\u003e stands among the finest fiction written in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bears comparison with A Passage to India.\"\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eArthur Koestler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49392998678832,"sku":"ZEe10d","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/e10d-cover.jpg?v=1762551474","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e10d","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}