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| Original Title: | Nectar in a Sieve |
| ISBN: | 0451528239 (ISBN13: 9780451528230) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | India |
Kamala Markandaya
Paperback | Pages: 186 pages Rating: 3.65 | 8582 Users | 859 Reviews
Mention Containing Books Nectar in a Sieve
| Title | : | Nectar in a Sieve |
| Author | : | Kamala Markandaya |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 186 pages |
| Published | : | 2002 by Signet (first published 1954) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Cultural. India. Historical. Historical Fiction. Academic. School |
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Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she never met, Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster.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" (The Associated Press).
Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association.
Rating Containing Books Nectar in a Sieve
Ratings: 3.65 From 8582 Users | 859 ReviewsCommentary Containing Books Nectar in a Sieve
The best book I have ever read, hands down, and I have read many 1000s of books. I have no connection to this author whatsoever, I just happened to love her writing. I also read Handful of Rice, which was also very good, but this one was the best!"Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,and hope without an object cannot live." Coleridge Written in 1954 this million-copy bestseller with a afterward by Thrity Umrigar is the story of Rukmani a very young girl whose father marries her off to Nathan an unknown farmer in rural India. Reminiscent of Pearl S Buck's The Good Earth in its theme featuring a strong woman who spends her life battling adversity and poverty while trying to best care for the ones she loves. Cited as a favorite book by
Death, theft, prostitution and tenant farming. How could these elements be woven into a tale that inspires, evokes sadness, and creates pathos? Only one tale, spun so well, could this be made possible; that book is Nectar in a Sieve. Kamala Markandaya, authoress extraordinaire, can create emotions no one knew they could feel for written text and hardback cover. Markandaya lived no hard life herself, so the way she weaves a tale with such authority, such knowledge, and such passion about a family
Really, really, really depressing. But at least it's short!
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. ----Leo TolstoyKamala Purnaiya Taylor, a.k.a, Kamala Markandaya, the late Indian internationally bestselling author, had penned a terrific yet extremely honest tale of a woman's struggling yet endearing life right after India's independence in her book, Nectar in a Sieve which marks as a pioneering book in Indian literature, that outlines the importance of a woman's simplicity, her sacrifices, her unconditional love for
Meh. Whatever. The husband dies. Who cares. He cheated on her a zillion years ago and I won't forgive him. The End.
Are you happy with life but really wish you could despair for humanity and grapple with unending loss that makes a desolation of human existence? Read this book.If you asked me to sum up the moral of the story, I would glibly reply "mo' babies mo' problems" and seriously this short novel offers a painful iteration of what any specialist in international women's rights knows. Although the language definitely rings of an author who spent way more time reading English literature than planting rice
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