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- catalog abstract ""This realistic novel of peasant life in a southern Indian village portrays the struggle that Nathan and Rukmani must make to survive. Their first child is a daughter, Irawaddy, and there follow five other children, all sons, after an interval of seven years. Hardships are innumerable and insurmountable, whether they are disasters of nature such as drought, or such man-made catastrophes as the coming of a tannery to their village and a subsequent labor conflict. After many crises, Nathan and Rukmani come to the city to seek help from one of their sons, but he has disappeared. Nathan, finally destroyed by privation, dies, believing to the end that his life with Rukmani has been a happy one." Shapiro. Fic for Youth. 2d edition.".
- catalog contributor b2166027.
- catalog coverage "India Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "India Rural conditions Fiction.".
- catalog created "[1955, c1954]".
- catalog date "1955".
- catalog date "[1955, c1954]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1955, c1954]".
- catalog description ""This realistic novel of peasant life in a southern Indian village portrays the struggle that Nathan and Rukmani must make to survive. Their first child is a daughter, Irawaddy, and there follow five other children, all sons, after an interval of seven years. Hardships are innumerable and insurmountable, whether they are disasters of nature such as drought, or such man-made catastrophes as the coming of a tannery to their village and a subsequent labor conflict. After many crises, Nathan and Rukmani come to the city to seek help from one of their sons, but he has disappeared. Nathan, finally destroyed by privation, dies, believing to the end that his life with Rukmani has been a happy one." Shapiro. Fic for Youth. 2d edition.".
- catalog extent "248 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Nectar in a sieve.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Nectar in a sieve.".
- catalog issued "1955".
- catalog issued "[1955, c1954]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, J. Day Co.".
- catalog relation "Nectar in a sieve.".
- catalog spatial "India Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "India Rural conditions Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog subject "Families India Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Farm life Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Farmers' spouses Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Marriage India Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Married women Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR6063.A642 N42 1954".
- catalog subject "PZ4.T244 Ne2".
- catalog subject "Women India Fiction.".
- catalog title "Nectar in a sieve, a novel by Kamala Markandaya.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".