The Coffer Dams

Name: The Coffer Dams
Author: Kamala Markandaya

by Kamala Markandaya

Drama of engineering projects, colonial legacy, and personal striving

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Kamala Markandaya

Indian novelist who wrote in English about the tensions between rural and urban India, tradition and modernity. Nectar in a Sieve is her most widely read novel.

More by Kamala Markandaya

Nectar in a SievePoignant portrait of rural Indian woman's struggle against poverty and fate
Some Inner FuryNovel of colonial India exploring passion, politics, and personal conflict
A Silence of DesireIntimate story of a woman's quiet rebellion against cultural constraints
PossessionNovel of love and possession amid India's post-independence transformation