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Page 189
The court interpreter , a Sinhalese Mahatmaya in coat and trousers , stood upon
a small wooden step near the bench . The judge spoke to him in an angry voice .
The interpreter replied in a soothing deferential tone . The conversation being in
...
The court interpreter , a Sinhalese Mahatmaya in coat and trousers , stood upon
a small wooden step near the bench . The judge spoke to him in an angry voice .
The interpreter replied in a soothing deferential tone . The conversation being in
...
Page 211
The proctors and idlers smiled ; the peon and the interpreter told Babun to hold
his tongue . The judge got up and turned to leave the court . ' I am sorry , ' he said
, ' but the decision has been given . I treated you very leniently as a first offender ...
The proctors and idlers smiled ; the peon and the interpreter told Babun to hold
his tongue . The judge got up and turned to leave the court . ' I am sorry , ' he said
, ' but the decision has been given . I treated you very leniently as a first offender ...
Page 275
They put handcuffs on his hands , and led him through the streets to the court .
Silindu's case was the first case for trial . He did not pay much attention to the
proceedings -he continued to mumble the Pali stanzabut he felt the greater pomp
and ...
They put handcuffs on his hands , and led him through the streets to the court .
Silindu's case was the first case for trial . He did not pay much attention to the
proceedings -he continued to mumble the Pali stanzabut he felt the greater pomp
and ...
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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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