by Kamala Markandaya · J'ai Lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782277121176
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«Le riz et la mousson» is the novel by Kamala Markandaya, published by J'ai Lu in paperback (256 pages, in French).
The story centres on a peasant woman in southern India determined to protect her family from the threat of hunger. In a rural setting shaped by the land and the monsoon climate, the novel portrays with simple prose the daily hardship, poverty and resilience of its characters.
This 1975 French edition translates the original novel Nectar in a Sieve, published in 1954. The work is an Indian novel in English.
Suitable for readers of classics and Indian literature, and those interested in historical fiction with a rural setting.
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".
