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Page 85
He lost all sense of direction ; vague shapes seemed to follow him in the
darkness ; enormous forms broke away from the track before him , to crash away
among the undergrowth and trees . The throbbing of his heart and throat became
...
He lost all sense of direction ; vague shapes seemed to follow him in the
darkness ; enormous forms broke away from the track before him , to crash away
among the undergrowth and trees . The throbbing of his heart and throat became
...
Page 130
After the return of Hinnihami he seemed to change greatly . They were almost
always together , and the fearlessness which she had shown towards Punchirala
, and which seemed to have changed her suddenly from a child into a woman ...
After the return of Hinnihami he seemed to change greatly . They were almost
always together , and the fearlessness which she had shown towards Punchirala
, and which seemed to have changed her suddenly from a child into a woman ...
Page 280
The eyes here and there flaking off into whitish brown scales , as the bark flakes
off the kumbuk - trees . The flesh of the cheeks bad dried and shrunk ; the lips
seemed to have sunk into the toothless mouth , leaving a long line damp with
saliva ...
The eyes here and there flaking off into whitish brown scales , as the bark flakes
off the kumbuk - trees . The flesh of the cheeks bad dried and shrunk ; the lips
seemed to have sunk into the toothless mouth , leaving a long line damp with
saliva ...
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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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