Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Page 7
... thought again And his father must be very busy . He looked up and down the lane , restlessy . Jaffna . What was Jaffna like today ? His thoughts dwelt again inexorably on his father . Usually , he skirted this issue , and filled his ...
... thought again And his father must be very busy . He looked up and down the lane , restlessy . Jaffna . What was Jaffna like today ? His thoughts dwelt again inexorably on his father . Usually , he skirted this issue , and filled his ...
Page 8
... thought furiously , separatism , division , all words we have to fight them , they must not break up our country , ' Let Shanthi go to hell , ' he said aloud , angrily . · He did not see Raja until Raja stood in front of him . The two ...
... thought furiously , separatism , division , all words we have to fight them , they must not break up our country , ' Let Shanthi go to hell , ' he said aloud , angrily . · He did not see Raja until Raja stood in front of him . The two ...
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... thought . This might be an affliction on the male species don't you think ? All my male characters gracefully decline positions of power . My world is a quiet backwater where ideas and inventions dominate and where people have time to ...
... thought . This might be an affliction on the male species don't you think ? All my male characters gracefully decline positions of power . My world is a quiet backwater where ideas and inventions dominate and where people have time to ...
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