Nectar in a Sieve
Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association, this is the very moving story of a peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved. "Comparable in many ways to Cry, the Beloved Country...if...
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Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association, this is the very moving story of a peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved. "Comparable in many ways to Cry, the Beloved Country...if anything...better." (Saturday Evening Post)
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451528230 (0451528239)
ASIN: 451528239
Publish date: January 1st 2002
Publisher: Signet Classics
Pages no: 186
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Asia
What a depressing book. The story was ok, but while reading it felt like something I had to for school. A solid look at poverty though, and specifically life in the Indian countryside. For me, I got more out of it as a historical view than as a work of literature.
Oh, man, talk about grimsville!! I think I'll just run along now and lay my head on that old railroad track! These characters are just born to suffer and endure and work their tails off and all for what? Nothing, because they get screwed every time they start to get some hope back. Screwed eithe...
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