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Now , Arachchi , that was nothing ; do not mind what I said then . I was thinking ,
thinking . You know they call me mad in the village . Well , I was thinking , you
know , now that Babun is over there for six months , I heard the judge Hamadoru
...
Now , Arachchi , that was nothing ; do not mind what I said then . I was thinking ,
thinking . You know they call me mad in the village . Well , I was thinking , you
know , now that Babun is over there for six months , I heard the judge Hamadoru
...
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chena , Arachchi . I cannot live without the chena . Without a chena I must starve .
You cannot see me starve . Even now there is no grain in my house . You must
give me the chena . ' Babehami thought for a while , then he said : " Well , I will ...
chena , Arachchi . I cannot live without the chena . Without a chena I must starve .
You cannot see me starve . Even now there is no grain in my house . You must
give me the chena . ' Babehami thought for a while , then he said : " Well , I will ...
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But the pain brings anger , and with anger , anger , Arachchi , comes cunning .
And now , Arachchi , now comes the game , the dangerous game . The young
men laugh at it , but the wise hunter would be afraid . There he stood , do you see
?
But the pain brings anger , and with anger , anger , Arachchi , comes cunning .
And now , Arachchi , now comes the game , the dangerous game . The young
men laugh at it , but the wise hunter would be afraid . There he stood , do you see
?
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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 comes 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 Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave lies listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk 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 |
| Publisher | Hansa, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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