Nectar in a Sieve
Based on the original edition; first publication was in the USA in 1954. In a small village in India, a simple peasant woman recalls her life as a child bride, a farmer's wife, and a devoted mother amidst fights to meet changing times, poverty, and disaster. This is the very moving story of a...
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Based on the original edition; first publication was in the USA in 1954. In a small village in India, a simple peasant woman recalls her life as a child bride, a farmer's wife, and a devoted mother amidst fights to meet changing times, poverty, and disaster. This is the very moving story of a woman in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved. Markandaya's first published novel Nectar in a Sieve was a bestseller and cited as an American Library Association Notable Book in 1955. Its depiction of rural India and the suffering of its poor made it popular in the West.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781481927383 (1481927388)
ASIN: 1481927388
Publish date: January 7th 2013
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 102
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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