People are surprised when the matchmaker Old Granny is able to find a husband for this novel's main character's daughter, who later gives birth to an albino baby named Sacrabani.
Two characters in this novel are taken to a godown behind the Collector's house on Chamundi hill, only to find that the person they were looking for had left two years ago, abandoning his wife Ammu. People are surprised when the matchmaker Old Granny is able to find a husband for this novel's main character's daughter, who later gives birth to an albino baby named Sacrabani. A character in this novel is forced to reveal that he fathered two of Kunthi's sons out of wedlock, after which his son Raja is killed by watchmen at the new tannery. This novel takes its title from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Work Without Hope." After giving birth to a daughter named Irrawaddy, this novel's protagonist has her infertility treated by Dr. Kennington, or "Kenny," allowing her to have five consecutive sons with her husband Nathan. For 10 points, name this novel about the endless struggles of the peasant woman Rukmani, the best known work of Kamala Markandaya.
Two characters in this novel are taken to a godown behind the Collector's house on Chamundi hill, only to find that the person they were looking for had left two years ago, abandoning his wife Ammu.
Nectar in a Sieve