01838cam a2200253 a 4500 20230110150425.0 121025r20021954nyum a000 1 eng 0451528239 PZ7.M3394 Ne3 2002 Markandaya, Kamala, 1924- Nectar in a sieve / Kamala Markandaya ; with a new introduction by Indira Ganesan. New York : Signet Classic, 2002. xiii, 190 p. ; 17 cm. Featuring a new introduction, this critically acclaimed novel tells the story of India and its people through the eyes of one woman and her experiences in one peasant family in a primitive Indian village. Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never seen, she worked side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from the land that was ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she sought to meet changing times and fight poverty and disaster. She saw one of her infants die from starvation, her daughter becomes a prostitute, and her sons leave the land for jobs which she distrusted. And, somehow, she survived. This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved-an unforgettable novel that will wring your heart out. Farm life Fiction. Farmers' spouses Fiction. Married women Fiction. Women India Fiction. India Fiction. Domestic fiction. lcsh. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0718/2001049544-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0718/2001049544-d.html lcc 62009 62009 0 0 lcc 0 0 DIBM DIB DIB 2023-01-10 0 0297613 2023-01-10 00:00:00 1 2023-01-10 BK VIRTUAITEM