The village by the sea: An Indian family story [Import] [Paperback]

Anita Desai (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (1992)
• ISBN-10: 0141007389
• ISBN-13: 978-0141007380
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,269,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Touching family story, July 17, 2003

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This review is from: The Village by the Sea (Hardcover)

A touching story of how the little kids in a poor family in India work together towards a better future.Definitely worth a read...

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars story of struggle for survival of children, June 13, 2001

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This review is from: The Village by the Sea: An Indian Family Story (Lythway Large Print Children's Series) (Hardcover)

This book elaborates the difficulties that children from poor Indian families face in their struggle for survival. More so if they have a drunkyard as thier father.Further one gets a closer peep into the problem of migration from villages towards cities in search of prosperity and enhanced employment opportunities.The challenges,brutal struggle for survival of a city life has been clearly elucidated herein. In all its a very satisfying reading experience which promises economic salvation of India in the form of industrialization.