false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227104769m/489572.jpg 489572 5 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. MEDIA REVIEWS: 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 477817 1961 Handful of Rice total:4|4:1|3:3| 4 13 6 1 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Oct 01 00:53:52 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 00:24:38 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 10:32:04 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:32:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 18 06:47:24 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 10:55:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 16 10:58:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 10:58:19 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Oct 02 12:41:07 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 12:41:14 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Mar 29 10:09:37 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 29 10:09:37 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=489572