Nectar in a Sieve

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Nectar in a Sieve

First edition (US)
Author	Kamala Markandaya
Language	English
Genre	Semi-autobiographical
Publisher	John Day Company (US) Putnam (UK)
Publication date	1954
Publication place	India
Media type	print
Pages	255
OCLC	47948467
Dewey Decimal	823/.914 21
LC Class	PR9499.3.M367 N43 2002

Nectar in a Sieve is a 1954 novel by Kamala Markandaya. The book is set in India during a period of intense urban development and is the chronicle of the marriage between Rukmani, youngest daughter of a village headman, and Nathan, a tenant farmer. The story is told in the first person by Rukmani, beginning from her arranged marriage to Nathan at the age of 12 to his death many years later.