Nectar in a Sieve
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Nectar in a Sieve
Book Details
- Author
- Kamala Markandaya
- Publisher
- Martino Fine Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Classics
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9781684220113
- ISBN-10
- 1684220114
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ISBN: 1684220114
Author: Markandaya, Kamala
Condition: New
2016 Reprint of 1954 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The novel is set in India during a period of intense urban development and is the chronicle of the marriage between Rukmani, youngest daughter of a village headman, and Nathan, a tenant farmer. The story is told in the first person by Rukmani, beginning from her arranged marriage to Nathan at the age of 12 to his death many years later. "This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves-an unforgettable novel that "will wring your heart out" (Associated Press).
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