Kingfishers Catch Fire

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Kingfishers Catch Fire is a semi-autobiographical novel by Rumer Godden set in Kashmir, exploring cultural clashes and personal transformation through the story of an Englishwoman who moves to a remote Indian village with her children.

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instanceOf novel
author Rumer Godden NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
explores adaptation to a foreign culture
misunderstandings between cultures
spiritual and emotional growth
genre fiction
semi-autobiographical fiction
hasChildCharacters children of the Englishwoman protagonist
hasFemaleProtagonist true
hasSubject interaction between English and local Kashmiri people
life in a remote Indian village
hasTitleLanguage English
inspiredBy Rumer Godden's own experiences in India
isPartOf Rumer Godden's body of work on India
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
mainCharacter Englishwoman living in a remote Indian village
mainTheme colonial relationships
cultural clash
personal transformation
narrativeForm prose
originalLanguage English
settingCountry India NERFINISHED
settingLocation Kashmir NERFINISHED

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