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Weaving water / Ryhaan Shah.
Van Pelt Library PR9320.9.S485 W439 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shah, Ryhaan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East Indians--Guyana--History--20th century--Fiction.
- East Indians.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Guyana--History--1803-1966--Fiction.
- Guyana.
- Guyana--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Cutting Edge, 2013.
- Summary:
- In 1917, the last ship taking indentured labourers from India to the sugar plantations of British Guiana sets sail, taking with it Rampat and Parvati, a childless couple looking for a new future. During a furious storm at sea, a child is born and is put into their arms as the mother dies. They call her Neela.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Singh Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781908122384
- 1908122382
- OCLC:
- 820782195
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