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Nectar in a sieve : a novel / Kamala Markandaya.
LIBRA - Special PR6063.A642 N42 1954
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Van Pelt Library PR9499.3.M367 N4 1954
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markandaya, Kamala, 1924-2004.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--India--Fiction.
- Women.
- India.
- Farmers' spouses--Fiction.
- Farmers' spouses.
- Married women--Fiction.
- Married women.
- Farm life--Fiction.
- Farm life.
- India--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : J. Day Co., [1954]
- Summary:
- "This realistic novel of peasant life in a southern Indian village portrays the struggle that Nathan and Rukmani must make to survive. Their first child is a daughter, Irawaddy, and there follow five other children, all sons, after an interval of seven years. Hardships are innumerable and insurmountable, whether they are disasters of nature such as drought, or such man-made catastrophes as the coming of a tannery to their village and a subsequent labor conflict. After many crises, Nathan and Rukmani come to the city to seek help from one of their sons, but he has disappeared. Nathan, finally destroyed by privation, dies, believing to the end that his life with Rukmani has been a happy one." Shapiro. Fic for Youth. 2d edition.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has loose front board.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy p.225-228 top corner torn off.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Markandaya, Kamala, 1924- Nectar in a sieve.
- OCLC:
- 733922
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