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Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 3.54 — 1,424 ratings — published 1954 31 editions |
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Some Inner Fury by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 0 |
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A Silence of Desire by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings |
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Madu Dalam Saringan by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1999 |
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Handful of Rice by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1961 5 editions |
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Two Virgins: A Novel by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1973 2 editions |
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Possession by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2005 |
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The Coffer Dams by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1969 |
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Golden Honeycomb by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1977 2 editions |
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The Nowhere Man by Kamala Markandaya avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1972 |
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"To those who live by the land there must always come times of hardship, of fear and of hunger, even as there are years of plenty. This is one of the truths of our existence as those who live by the land know: that sometimes we eat and sometimes we starve. We live by our labours fromone harvest to the next, there is no certain telling whether we shall be able to feed ourselves and our children, and if bad times are prolonged we know we must see the weak surrender their lives and this fact, too, is within our experience. In our lives there is no margin for misfortune."
— Kamala Markandaya (Nectar in a Sieve)
— Kamala Markandaya (Nectar in a Sieve)
"Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with thought and care, so long will it give you its aid; but look away for an instant, be heedless or forgetful, and it has you by the throat."
— Kamala Markandaya
— Kamala Markandaya
""Sometimes at night I think that my husband is with me again, coming gently through the mists, and we are tranquil together. Then the morning comes, the wavering grey turns to gold, there is stirring within me as the sleepers awake, and he softly departs.""
— Kamala Markandaya (Nectar in a Sieve)
— Kamala Markandaya (Nectar in a Sieve)
