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Author:

Markandaya, Kamala, 1924-2004.

Title:

Nectar in a sieve, a novel by Kamala Markandaya.

Edition:

[2nd American ed.].

Publisher:

J. Day Co.

Copyright Date:

1955, ©1954

Description:

255 pages 21 cm

Subject:

Women--India--Fiction.
Farmers' spouses--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
Farm life--Fiction.
India--Fiction.
Femmes--Inde--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Agriculteurs--Conjoints--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Femmes mariées--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Vie à la ferme--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Farm life.
Farmers' spouses.
Married women.
Women.
India.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Contents:

Nectar in a sieve -- Plot analysis of Nectar in a sieve -- Work without hope / Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- In the family way / Andy Steiner -- Scene from a marriage / Rebecca Segall -- Grains of hope / Hannah Beech, Meenakshi Ganguly, and Nelly Sindayen -- The rich get richer -- Creative writing activities -- Critical writing activities -- Projects.

Summary:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)360110

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)