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Page 124
Punchirala looked at Hinnihami and smiled . It is well , ' he said . Silindu turned ,
and ... Hinnihami was left standing by the vederala , her arms hanging limply by
her side , her eyes looking on the ground . CHAPTER VI It became clear on the ...
Punchirala looked at Hinnihami and smiled . It is well , ' he said . Silindu turned ,
and ... Hinnihami was left standing by the vederala , her arms hanging limply by
her side , her eyes looking on the ground . CHAPTER VI It became clear on the ...
Page 273
He was watching a group of prisoners , in their blue and white striped prison
clothes ; they all looked almost exactly alike . They were quite near the gate of his
cell , filling the bathing - trough with water . Suddenly in one of them he
recognized ...
He was watching a group of prisoners , in their blue and white striped prison
clothes ; they all looked almost exactly alike . They were quite near the gate of his
cell , filling the bathing - trough with water . Suddenly in one of them he
recognized ...
Page 295
She looked at the old man sitting among the five starved cows . He reminded her
a little of Silindu ; he sat so motionless , staring at a group of cocoanuttrees that
lay around the bottom of the hill , He was as thin as the cattle which he watched ...
She looked at the old man sitting among the five starved cows . He reminded her
a little of Silindu ; he sat so motionless , staring at a group of cocoanuttrees that
lay around the bottom of the hill , He was as thin as the cattle which he watched ...
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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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