Description
A young woman’s hopes for marriage collide with the realities of rural life in a rapidly changing India. Told through Rukmani’s reflective journey, the novel follows her from her wedding day—marked by poverty and uncertainty—through the years of labor, childbirth, and heartbreak that test her resilience and reshape her understanding of family, duty, and survival. As drought, illness, and social upheaval press in, Rukmani’s quiet strength is set against the forces of modernization, including the arrival of outsiders and new institutions that promise progress while disrupting old certainties. With lyrical clarity and compassionate realism, this classic novel explores endurance, love, and the fragile dignity of ordinary people living close to the edge.
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paperback
Perfection Learning Prebound
Published Jan 1, 1978
ISBN: 9780812420791
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Details
First Published
1954
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya.