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  • The Village by the Sea

    The Village by the Sea by Desai, Anita;

    Series: A Puffin Book;

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    Estimated delivery time: Expected time of arrival: end of January 2026.
    Not in stock at Prospero.

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • Date of Publication 2 July 2015
    • Number of Volumes B-format paperback

    • ISBN 9780141359762
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages320 pages
    • Size 197x128x20 mm
    • Weight 226 g
    • Language English
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    Long description:

    Winner of the 1982 Guardian Award for children's fiction, The Village by the Sea is a survival story by the novelist Anita Desai.

    Set in a small fishing villlage near Bombay, Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsible for everything. Although the book paints a picture of extreme poverty, it demonstrates the strength of the family even in the most extreme circumstances and offers a powerful picture of another culture.

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