by Kamala Markandaya · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782277111177
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«Le riz et la mousson» is the novel by Kamala Markandaya, published by Editions J'ai lu in 1978, in French, with 245 pages.
Rukmani, an elderly Indian peasant woman, recalls her life marked by the arrival of the rains and the cultivation of rice. In her account, the harvest decides her family's subsistence; when drought cracks the earth, despair reaches the village. A story of work, dignity and resistance in the face of adversity.
Original work in English: Nectar in a Sieve (1954); the French translation is by Anne-Marie Soulac.
For readers of classic novels and narrative set in India; also used as school reading.
Kamala Markandaya, pseudonym of Kamala Purnaiya, married name Kamala Taylor, was a British Indian novelist and journalist. She has been called "one of the most important Indian novelists writing in English".
