Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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... father , the men with their crowbars and sticks , maddened faces and shining sweat - covered bodies in the darkness . And then the splintering glass , the blood gushing out of his father's head , where they had struck him , the burning ...
... father , the men with their crowbars and sticks , maddened faces and shining sweat - covered bodies in the darkness . And then the splintering glass , the blood gushing out of his father's head , where they had struck him , the burning ...
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... father , lay in ashes today Our peaceful nation , he thought , our religious , people , how violent they were when it came to a national problem . He remembered having read somewhere about how the Sinhalese reacted violently to ...
... father , lay in ashes today Our peaceful nation , he thought , our religious , people , how violent they were when it came to a national problem . He remembered having read somewhere about how the Sinhalese reacted violently to ...
Page 8
... father's voice , no indecision when he said , It is out of the question , Chitra , you know it , let's not get hysterical about it , I'm not on some suicidal squad , and really not cut out to be a hero . And you can't forget my ...
... father's voice , no indecision when he said , It is out of the question , Chitra , you know it , let's not get hysterical about it , I'm not on some suicidal squad , and really not cut out to be a hero . And you can't forget my ...
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