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Page 33
How should such a mother keep her children ? ... You blighter of others ' children
, eater of offal , vesi , vesige mau ! ... I say to the father of my child , ' Father of Podi
Sinho , ' I say , ' there is no kurakkan in the house , there is no millet and no ...
How should such a mother keep her children ? ... You blighter of others ' children
, eater of offal , vesi , vesige mau ! ... I say to the father of my child , ' Father of Podi
Sinho , ' I say , ' there is no kurakkan in the house , there is no millet and no ...
Page 131
And sometimes he would sit in the compound and tell his strange stories to her
and to the child , who had been born to her ... before , and he was happy as he
had been happy with her and with Hinnihami years ago when they were children
.
And sometimes he would sit in the compound and tell his strange stories to her
and to the child , who had been born to her ... before , and he was happy as he
had been happy with her and with Hinnihami years ago when they were children
.
Page 136
Day after day the mothers , helpless , watched the fever come and shake the
children's bodies , and sap and waste their strength . The wail of the two women ,
each for her dead child , was raised in one night . It was Silindu who seemed to
feel ...
Day after day the mothers , helpless , watched the fever come and shake the
children's bodies , and sap and waste their strength . The wail of the two women ,
each for her dead child , was raised in one night . It was Silindu who seemed to
feel ...
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User Review - kaitanya64 - LibraryThingSet in colonial Ceylon, this novel is vivid and readable. While the author clearly illustrates a particular culture and time, that of a rural family in the "dry" forest area, where life is ... Read full review
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listened live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tank tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0883867052, 9780883867051 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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