by Kamala Markandaya · DEBOLSILLO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499083155
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Néctar en un tamiz» is the novel by Kamala Markandaya, published by Debolsillo in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
Rukmani, a peasant woman, narrates in the first person her life marked by an arranged marriage and the daily struggle for survival. Set in rural India in the last years of British rule, the novel portrays poverty and the clash between tradition and social change through the eyes of its protagonist.
Originally published in 1954 as «Nectar in a Sieve», this 2010 edition belongs to Debolsillo's Best Seller collection.
A contemporary classic of Indian literature, recommended for readers interested in historical fiction and the social transformations of the twentieth century.
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".
