The Flower Boy: A NovelAn accomplished debut, The Flower Boy is the tragically romantic story of people from two cultures, one ruling the other, and the human passions that defy and nearly overcome social taboos. In the colonial society of 1930s Ceylon, the separation between servant and master is clearly drawn. Young Chandi, however, knows that the baby born to his mother’s mistress will be his friend. And, indeed, their friendship blossoms in the lush gardens of the tea plantation on which they live. Many, English and Ceylonese, are troubled by the friendship, but the English planter is charmed by the children’s bond, and ultimately by Chandi’s mother, Premawathi. But the world encroaches on their Eden. Beautifully observed, compellingly plotted, The Flower Boy is a compassionate novel of a lost world and those who struggled to hold on to it. |
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... mawathi and the children with him , so the job at Glencairn had been the answer to all their prayers . He tried to visit them once a month , but train fares were steep and the journey was long . Often , he wouldn't see his family for ...
... mawathi and the children with him , so the job at Glencairn had been the answer to all their prayers . He tried to visit them once a month , but train fares were steep and the journey was long . Often , he wouldn't see his family for ...
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Contents
Section 16 | 147 |
Section 17 | 164 |
Section 18 | 171 |
Section 19 | 178 |
Section 20 | 187 |
Section 21 | 198 |
Section 22 | 208 |
Section 23 | 219 |
Section 9 | 73 |
Section 10 | 83 |
Section 11 | 93 |
Section 12 | 103 |
Section 13 | 113 |
Section 14 | 128 |
Section 15 | 134 |
Section 24 | 236 |
Section 25 | 245 |
Section 26 | 259 |
Section 27 | 271 |
Section 28 | 306 |
Section 29 | 315 |
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Aloysius Amma Ammi angry Anne anyway Appuhamy asked Ayah Badulla birthday British Buckwater bungalow Ceylon Chandi and Rose-Lizzie Colombo dark Deniyaya Disneris door Elsie England everything eyes face Father Ross feel felt flowers gently ginger beer girls Glencairn gone guava hair hand happened happy head heard Jinadasa John kitchen knew Krishna laughed leave Leela and Rangi live Maskeliya mawathi morning mother never night Nuwara Eliya okay Premawathi pulled quietly rain reddha replied Robin Cartwright Rose rupees sarong seen sighed silently Sinhalese sitting sleep slowly smiled softly stared stay stood stopped suddenly Sudu Baby Sudu Mahattaya Sudu Nona Sunil talk Teacher tears tell things thought told took tree trying turned veranda voice waited walked washed watched What's window wondered worried yakka