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Page 149
Will you sit down , aiya ? " said Babun . Fernando sat down upon it . Babun
squatted opposite to him , while Punchi Menika stood behind , leaning against
the doorpost . Well , Babun , ' said Fernando , ' will the chena crop be good , do
you ...
Will you sit down , aiya ? " said Babun . Fernando sat down upon it . Babun
squatted opposite to him , while Punchi Menika stood behind , leaning against
the doorpost . Well , Babun , ' said Fernando , ' will the chena crop be good , do
you ...
Page 153
Yes , aiya , of course many people die of fever here too . But they die among their
relations , and friends , and people who are known to them ; in houses where
their fathers lived before them . Surely it is a more bitter thing to die in a strange ...
Yes , aiya , of course many people die of fever here too . But they die among their
relations , and friends , and people who are known to them ; in houses where
their fathers lived before them . Surely it is a more bitter thing to die in a strange ...
Page 299
Aiya , how can I tell his name ? ' What was his name , fool ? ' . • They called him
Babun . " • What was he convicted for ? ' • It was a false case . They said he had
robbed the Arachchi . ' Oh , that man , yes . The Arachchi was killed afterwards ...
Aiya , how can I tell his name ? ' What was his name , fool ? ' . • They called him
Babun . " • What was he convicted for ? ' • It was a false case . They said he had
robbed the Arachchi . ' Oh , that man , yes . The Arachchi was killed afterwards ...
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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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