The Village by the Sea
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The Village by the Sea is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that portrays the struggles and resilience of a poor rural family in a coastal village in India.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Village by the Sea canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
children's novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | Anita Desai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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realist fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Village by the Sea (television film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780141312712 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bela
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Hari NERFINISHED ⓘ Hari and Lila's father ⓘ Hari and Lila's mother ⓘ Kamal NERFINISHED ⓘ Lila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of rural Indian life
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portrayal of children's resilience in poverty ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Hari travels to Bombay to find work and support his family.
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Lila remains in the village to care for her younger sisters and sick mother. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The novel follows siblings Hari and Lila as they struggle to support their impoverished family in the coastal village of Thul while facing their father's alcoholism and their mother's illness. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Heinemann
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Penguin Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Arabian Sea coast
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Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ Thul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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general readers ⓘ young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
alcoholism
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education ⓘ environmental change ⓘ family responsibility ⓘ industrialization ⓘ poverty ⓘ resilience ⓘ rural-urban migration ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
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