When Memory DiesA powerful three-generational saga of a Sri Lankan family's search for coherence and continuity in a country broken by colonial occupation and riven by ethnic wars. Winner of the Sagittarius Prize. Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize |
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Page 63
... Goonesinha ascended the platform . The crowd began to cheer . Mr Goonesinha held up his hand in salutation . Saha and Para looked at each other : neither was impressed by the looks of the man . He was short and squat and hefty , with a ...
... Goonesinha ascended the platform . The crowd began to cheer . Mr Goonesinha held up his hand in salutation . Saha and Para looked at each other : neither was impressed by the looks of the man . He was short and squat and hefty , with a ...
Page 81
... Goonesinha . Besides , Goonesinha , as Saha cynically pointed out , was in a pro - Indian mood . He was working very closely with Iyer to set up a union for the plant- ation workers and had received the Indian National Congress leaders ...
... Goonesinha . Besides , Goonesinha , as Saha cynically pointed out , was in a pro - Indian mood . He was working very closely with Iyer to set up a union for the plant- ation workers and had received the Indian National Congress leaders ...
Page 146
... Goonesinha and the Labour Party , they had abandoned the cause of the workers long ago . Goonesinha him- self was content to sit in the State Council or to drive around in his chauffeur - driven ' limousine ' ( my father dwelt on the ...
... Goonesinha and the Labour Party , they had abandoned the cause of the workers long ago . Goonesinha him- self was content to sit in the State Council or to drive around in his chauffeur - driven ' limousine ' ( my father dwelt on the ...
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Anuradhapura anyway arrack asked Auntie Bandara began broke brother Buddhist Ceylon chair Chitra Colombo coolies course Damayanthi Devi Dhana doctor door eyes face father felt Fonny Gamini girl gone Goonesinha grandfather hand happened hartal head heard Jaffna Kanniah kitchen knew Kurunegala Labour Lal's Lali land laughed leave Leela lived looked Mahadev Manel married Meena morning mother muttered Nadesan never night nodded Nuwara Eliya palmyrah Pandyan party perhaps rain Rajan Ravi remember replied Saha Sahadevan Sandilipay Sanji Sarath sarong Sellamma shook shouted Sinhala Sinhalese sister smiled stopped strike suddenly talk Tamil teacher tell things thought Tissa told took trying turned Uncle Gnanam Uncle Lal Uncle Para Vijay Vijay's village voice waiting walked What's wife workers Yogi