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Page 111
At another time they saw a man , naked except for a dirty loin cloth , his long hair
hanging about his face , and a great halo of Aowers and branches upon his head
; thirty or forty great iron hooks had been put through the skin of his back ; to ...
At another time they saw a man , naked except for a dirty loin cloth , his long hair
hanging about his face , and a great halo of Aowers and branches upon his head
; thirty or forty great iron hooks had been put through the skin of his back ; to ...
Page 120
There has come into the holy man ' s mind another man , his face marked with
scars , and one - eyed . He is a vederala , very skilled in charms . You have not
told why the one - eyed man is angry , but the holy man knows because of his ...
There has come into the holy man ' s mind another man , his face marked with
scars , and one - eyed . He is a vederala , very skilled in charms . You have not
told why the one - eyed man is angry , but the holy man knows because of his ...
Page 273
There was no surprise or interest in his face , when he saw that it was Silindu . A
great change had come over him in the short time during which he had been in
prison . His skin , a sickly yellow colour , seemed to have shrunk with the flesh
and ...
There was no surprise or interest in his face , when he saw that it was Silindu . A
great change had come over him in the short time during which he had been in
prison . His skin , a sickly yellow colour , seemed to have shrunk with the flesh
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 | 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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