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Page 76
Then the Korala Mahatmaya gave out that he was very ill , and that my father was
treating him . And for three days my father lived in the house , preparing the
charm . On the fourth day the Korala Mahatmaya and my fathertaking cold
cooked ...
Then the Korala Mahatmaya gave out that he was very ill , and that my father was
treating him . And for three days my father lived in the house , preparing the
charm . On the fourth day the Korala Mahatmaya and my fathertaking cold
cooked ...
Page 151
The tank was built in my father's time . And the Korala Mahatmaya and the
Ratemahatmaya came to the village and spoke as you speak now . And they said
that land would be given to all that went there , and water from the tank for the ...
The tank was built in my father's time . And the Korala Mahatmaya and the
Ratemahatmaya came to the village and spoke as you speak now . And they said
that land would be given to all that went there , and water from the tank for the ...
Page 157
My father's village is beyond the sea , and they say that the father's village is the
son's . I have never seen that village ; I have forgotten its name . I was born in
Colombo , which is no village , but a town . Aiyo ! what a town it is ! How pleasant
!
My father's village is beyond the sea , and they say that the father's village is the
son's . I have never seen that village ; I have forgotten its name . I was born in
Colombo , which is no village , but a town . Aiyo ! what a town it is ! How pleasant
!
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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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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... 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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