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Page 29
Long before they had grown strong and big enough to go down in the morning
and evening with Karlinahami to the tank , and to carry back on their heads the
red earthenware waterpots , they had learnt from Silindu to sit by his side for hour
...
Long before they had grown strong and big enough to go down in the morning
and evening with Karlinahami to the tank , and to carry back on their heads the
red earthenware waterpots , they had learnt from Silindu to sit by his side for hour
...
Page 41
down , one on each side of the door . For a long time neither spoke : their
chewing was only interrupted every now and then by the ejection of a jet of red
saliva . At last Babehami broke the silence : " Four days ago I was in
Kamburupitiya - I ...
down , one on each side of the door . For a long time neither spoke : their
chewing was only interrupted every now and then by the ejection of a jet of red
saliva . At last Babehami broke the silence : " Four days ago I was in
Kamburupitiya - I ...
Page 259
But sometimes I find him standing alone away among the rocks , swaying from
side to side . He is very sad , thinking of his sins in the previous birth . Then I say
to him , ' Brother , your feet too are upon the path . It is good to think of the sins of
...
But sometimes I find him standing alone away among the rocks , swaying from
side to side . He is very sad , thinking of his sins in the previous birth . Then I say
to him , ' Brother , your feet too are upon the path . It is good to think of the sins of
...
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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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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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