Description: Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1982.
Review Quotes: "With any luck this reprint will introduce a fresh cohort of readers age 9 and older to Ms. Desai's superb work." --The Wall Street Journal
"Desai's story-telling skill is as keen as ever, her evocation of Hari is...one of those rare tales that both children and adults can read and enjoy.... Desai tells this story, a fairy-tale almost, in English that is lucid, and evocative of the hopes, the fears, the smells and the sounds of a little fishing village getting ready for greater things... Village is a stylistic triumph that matches the victory of a boy and a girl whose grit pulled them through." --India Today"A very powerful story that fully deserves its place as a modern classic." --Andrea Reece, LoveReading4Kids (blog)