Citation: Manicka, Rani. The rice mother, London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2011
Description:The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka, Sri Lankan-Malaysian novelist, won the South-East Asia and South Pacific Region 2003 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and has been translated into 22 languages. The story of 14 years old, Lakshmi leaves her Sri Lankan village for a life of luxury in Malaysia to get married a widower of 37, who lied to her and her family with the fact that he lives in poverty. she endures hardship and poverty, giving birth to six children. The story is narrated in turn by Lakshmi and various family members during a period of the Japanese occupation of Malaysia. The story is told through the shifting perspectives of different family members spanning 4 generations.
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Awards: Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2003), POPULAR-The Star Readers’ Choice Awards Nominee for Fiction (2011)
Formats: print book, ebook
Languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Macedonian, etc.
