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02126aam a2200337Ia 4500 001 AF22613E202A11E3AACF62D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 101129r20101954nyu b 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0451531728 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780451531728 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)686765641 040 $a ZQP $c ZQP $d SINLB $d OCLCA $d CVN $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d KAY $d SILO 100 1 $a Markandaya, Kamala, $d 1924-2004. 245 10 $a Nectar in a sieve / $c Kamela Markandaya ; with an introduction by Indira Ganesan and a new afterword by Thrity Umrigar. 260 $a New York : $b Signet Classics, $c 2010. 300 $a xv, 204 p. ; $c 18 cm. 504 $a Selected bibliography: p. [203]-204. 520 $a Featuring a new introduction and afterword, 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. 650 0 $a Women $z India $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Farmers' spouses $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Married women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Farm life $v Fiction. 651 0 $a India $v Fiction. 941 $a 4 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214020407.0 952 $l UUAX975 $d 20210813014740.0 952 $l POSX851 $d 20171024020530.0 952 $l WXPD305 $d 20160302064209.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AF22613E202A11E3AACF62D3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search