sokhiengtim 's review for:

The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai

4.0

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The situation in the story, obviously, could reflect the situation in Cambodia. In rural parts of Cambodia, almost every families are poor and cannot do any jobs rather than farming and fishing — if they live near the river. Like in the story, Hari and Lia decided to give up on studying, so this has been occurring in Cambodia, too, for the same reason of Hari and Lila — to help their family.

Plus, the moment when a father who was drunk every day — I experienced it back in the day.