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The trees are stunted and twisted by the drought , by the thin and sandy soil , by
the dry wind . They are scabrous , thorny trees , with grey leaves whitened by the
clouds of dust which the wind perpetually sweeps over them : their trunks are ...
The trees are stunted and twisted by the drought , by the thin and sandy soil , by
the dry wind . They are scabrous , thorny trees , with grey leaves whitened by the
clouds of dust which the wind perpetually sweeps over them : their trunks are ...
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the headman with it on the back as he passed under the tree in the dusk , and the
headman's back was bent into a bow for the rest of his ... The last house was
abandoned when I was a boy , but the devil still dances beneath the nuga - trees
.
the headman with it on the back as he passed under the tree in the dusk , and the
headman's back was bent into a bow for the rest of his ... The last house was
abandoned when I was a boy , but the devil still dances beneath the nuga - trees
.
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pull of the desire : his wanderings became a circle , of which the banian - trees
were the centre . He tried to go back to his hut , where he felt that there was safety
for him , and found himself walking in the opposite direction . Darkness began to
...
pull of the desire : his wanderings became a circle , of which the banian - trees
were the centre . He tried to go back to his hut , where he felt that there was safety
for him , and found himself walking in the opposite direction . Darkness began to
...
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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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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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