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Page 42
They say , too , that he will come this way next month . " There was a short silence
, and then Babehami continued : " It is five months , Silindu , since I told you to
take a permit for your gun , and you have not done so yet . The time to pay three ...
They say , too , that he will come this way next month . " There was a short silence
, and then Babehami continued : " It is five months , Silindu , since I told you to
take a permit for your gun , and you have not done so yet . The time to pay three ...
Page 284
She did not and could not count the passing of time : a week was only some days
to her , and six months only many months ; but she waited , watching the passage
of time , vaguely but continuously , for the day when Babun should return .
She did not and could not count the passing of time : a week was only some days
to her , and six months only many months ; but she waited , watching the passage
of time , vaguely but continuously , for the day when Babun should return .
Page 291
He was sent there many months ago . They sent him there for six months . It was
a false case . The six months have passed now , but he has not returned to the
village . I have come to ask about him here - a long way . I am tired , father , tired
of ...
He was sent there many months ago . They sent him there for six months . It was
a false case . The six months have passed now , but he has not returned to the
village . I have come to ask about him here - a long way . I am tired , father , tired
of ...
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User Review - kaitanya64 - LibraryThingSet in colonial Ceylon, this novel is vivid and readable. While the author clearly illustrates a particular culture and time, that of a rural family in the "dry" forest area, where life is ... Read full review
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listened live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tank tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women