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Page 47
6 the doe became uneasy , lifted her head , and looked intently at the bush behind which Punchi Menika crouched . She approached the bush slowly , stamping the ground angrily from time to time , and uttering the sharp shrill call of ...
6 the doe became uneasy , lifted her head , and looked intently at the bush behind which Punchi Menika crouched . She approached the bush slowly , stamping the ground angrily from time to time , and uttering the sharp shrill call of ...
Page 62
He assured Silindu that he had no intention of taking Punchi Menika out of the compound . Punchi Menika , still crouching at his feet , told her father that she would never leave him . It was eventually arranged that for the present ...
He assured Silindu that he had no intention of taking Punchi Menika out of the compound . Punchi Menika , still crouching at his feet , told her father that she would never leave him . It was eventually arranged that for the present ...
Page 66
There had always been considerable difference in character between Hinnihami and Punchi Menika . There was very little of her sister's gentleness in Hinnihami . There was , added to the strangeness and wildness which she derived from ...
There had always been considerable difference in character between Hinnihami and Punchi Menika . There was very little of her sister's gentleness in Hinnihami . There was , added to the strangeness and wildness which she derived from ...
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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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