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"Comparable in many ways to Cry, the Beloved Country...if anything...better." (Saturday Evening Post)]]> 58634 3.53 1606 252 1954 4966556 0451015320 9780451015327 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4966556.Some_Inner_Fury 3.67 3 58634 3.53 1606 252 0 489572 0381981525 9780381981525 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227104769m/489572.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227104769s/489572.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489572.Handful_of_Rice 3.00 3 Indiaclub.com Description

An extremely fascinating work of art which is compulsively readable and gratifying in a most complete way.

The novel depicts the hard struggle of life in a ;modern city and its demoralization. Ravi , son of a peasant, joins in the general exodus to the city, and, floating through the indifferent streets, lands into the underworld of petty criminals. He falls in love with pretty Nalini, and marries her against all odds. She tries to change his way of life but fate conspires against him . . And the story moves to a memorable and a haunting climax.

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From among the handful of Indo-Anglian women novelists, Kamala Markandaya stands out as one of the3 finest and most impassionate writers of fiction. Her greatest asset is her language - virile, vibrant and vigorous - with the right choice and turn of words and expressions. A Handful of Rice certainly makes an absorbing and enjoyable reading. - Sunday Standard

The picture of a joint family with its many psychological stresses and strains is deftly drawn, and so is the picture of the shady underworld. The novel is, in a sense, a saga of the triumph of human spirit over poverty's privations and predicaments. - The Indian PEN

An overwhelmingly real book. It is about those parts of us, as human beings, which are permanent and universal - love, hunger, lust, passion, ambition, sacrifice, death. She is the best writer now writing who generally uses an Indian background. - John Masters
]]> 58634 3.53 1606 252 1961 6390527 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6390527-a-silence-of-desire 3.50 2 58634 3.53 1606 252 6430314 9836202943 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240836618m/6430314.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240836618s/6430314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6430314-madu-dalam-saringan 3.00 2 58634 3.53 1606 252 1999 489573 0381982440 9780381982447 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489573.Two_Virgins_A_Novel 5.00 1 58634 3.53 1606 252 1973 6601108 817224276X 9788172242763 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6601108-possession 4.00 1 58634 3.53 1606 252 2005 4410363 0241017254 9780241017258 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227105011m/4410363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227105011s/4410363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4410363.The_Coffer_Dams 4.00 1
Clinton, founder and head of a firm of international construction engineers, arrives in India to build a dam, bringing with him his young wife, Helen, and a strong team of aides and skilled men. They are faced with a formidable project, which involves working in daunting mountain and jungle terrain, within a time schedule dictated by the extreme tropical weather. Inevitable setbacks occur; accidents and friction among the mixed labour force present further complications. But to Clinton the building of the dam is more than a challenge; it is an obsession—not, however, shared by Helen.

Appalled by her husband’s concern with structures rather than with men, she turns to the local Indian tribesmen, finding in them the human values she finds lacking in the British camp. With relations between the Clintons becoming increasingly raw-edged, the first rains fall and, as the torrents sweep the valley and the level of the river rises, so does the tension in the beleaguered camp. The vital question looms: to breach the coffer dams, or allow them to stand, thereby placing the lives of the tribesmen in jeopardy. It is a fundamental question that splits the camp exposing the lingering prejudices of a bygone colonial era.
]]> 58634 3.53 1606 252 1969 2659289 0451079078 9780451079077 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659289.Golden_Honeycomb 4.00 1 58634 3.53 1606 252 1977 5776224 9780713904673 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5776224.The_Nowhere_Man 3.00 1 58634 3.53 1606 252 1972