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Page 16
Karlinahami was a short , dark , stumpy woman , with large impassive eyes set far
apart from one another , flat broad cheeks , big breasts , and thick legs . Unlike
her brother she was always busy , sweeping the house and compound , fetching
...
Karlinahami was a short , dark , stumpy woman , with large impassive eyes set far
apart from one another , flat broad cheeks , big breasts , and thick legs . Unlike
her brother she was always busy , sweeping the house and compound , fetching
...
Page 26
They , like Silindu , never had fever , and even in the days of greatest scarcity
Karlinahami < had seen that they got food . Karlinahami was far more careful to
wash them than most mothers are : she used to quote the saying , • Dirt is bad
and ...
They , like Silindu , never had fever , and even in the days of greatest scarcity
Karlinahami < had seen that they got food . Karlinahami was far more careful to
wash them than most mothers are : she used to quote the saying , • Dirt is bad
and ...
Page 111
As Karlinahami and Hinnihami were making their way slowly through the crowd ,
they suddenly heard a soft voice behind them say : Well , mother , has not the
hospital cured your brother of his fever ? ' They turned and saw the smiling face ...
As Karlinahami and Hinnihami were making their way slowly through the crowd ,
they suddenly heard a soft voice behind them say : Well , mother , has not the
hospital cured your brother of his fever ? ' They turned and saw the smiling face ...
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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 | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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