Nectar in a Sieve

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Author: Markandaya, Kamala Brand: CREATESPACE Features: Used Book in Good Condition Binding: Paperback Number Of Pages: 102 Release Date: 07-01-2013 Details: 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. EAN: 9781481927383 Package Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.2 inches Languages: English Show more