The Village by the Sea
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The Village by the Sea  (English, Paperback, Desai Anita)

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  • Language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House India
  • Genre: Juvenile Fiction
  • ISBN: 9780143441854, 014344185X
  • Pages: 268
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    An award-winning story about a family's survival in a small fishing village in India With their mother ill and their father permanently drunk, Hari and Lila have to earn the money to keep house and look after their two young sisters. In desperation, Hari runs away to Bombay, and Lila is left to cope alone.
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    • 198 mm
    Length
    • 129 mm
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    5

    My long lost fav story!

    ...i was searching for this book for a long time!! flipkart was the one which helped me!! thank you !!The book is typical village to urban story line! it is really a must read for people who like rural-urban stories!!...it gets totally interesting...and the author explains all the backgrounds with fresh words!!
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    %20Arun K%20V

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    Jun, 2012

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    The Village By The Sea: A must read book, especially for children

    The Village By The Sea is a children'??s novel by Anita Desai, a renowned Indian writer of children'??s novels and adult fiction, released in 1982. The novel was the basis for the 1991 television series of the same name starring Saeed Jaffrey. It was screened on BBC 1 on Sunday afternoons.
    The story opens in Thul, a village fourteen kilometres from Bombay, located near the seashore of the Arabian Sea, hence the title, The Village By The Sea. The novel is based on an Indian family residing in ...
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    Parth Arora

    Oct, 2012

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    Village by the sea

    This story is about three sisters and a brother who face difficulties in their childhood that force them to work for their livelihood.

    Hari the brother goes to Bombay with a group of villagers to protest for land protection and he gets left behind.To survive, he does two jobs and goes back to his village after a couple of months.

    This book was abundant with flabbergasting things.Hari was a very intrepid boy and he learnt to survive through difficult situations.Do you think Hari will be succ...
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    Vasudha Ravula

    Aug, 2013

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    Just wow!

    Received book in good quality. Good book for kids
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    A. V. Chakradhar

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    Dec, 2020

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    Nice product

    The book is great but I received the product with a little damage
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    SAGARIKA MANDAL

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    Oct, 2020

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