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 5
... rain . I was afraid for the plantain trees , heavy with fruit , now swaying dangerously from their trunks , and I was sorry that the crows , proud kings of the dung - heap , should make common cause with house - sparrows under the eaves ...
... rain . I was afraid for the plantain trees , heavy with fruit , now swaying dangerously from their trunks , and I was sorry that the crows , proud kings of the dung - heap , should make common cause with house - sparrows under the eaves ...
Page 32
... rain ? ' ' Yes , annai , it can't wait . ' For two days , the rain beat down incessantly . The lanes became impassa- ble , and the funeral had to be delayed . People who had come to mourn for an hour stayed on for what seemed an ...
... rain ? ' ' Yes , annai , it can't wait . ' For two days , the rain beat down incessantly . The lanes became impassa- ble , and the funeral had to be delayed . People who had come to mourn for an hour stayed on for what seemed an ...
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... rain beat at his face and his hold on the outcrop at the cliff's edge was slowly loosening . Swiftly he changed hands , but even as he reached down she was gone , and above the rain and the thunder he could hear the rumble of her fall ...
... rain beat at his face and his hold on the outcrop at the cliff's edge was slowly loosening . Swiftly he changed hands , but even as he reached down she was gone , and above the rain and the thunder he could hear the rumble of her fall ...
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