Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Page 7
Maithri felt, more than saw, his mother's shadow move away from the window;
From morning she had been hovering about the verandah waiting for the letter
that failed to come. From his father in Jaffna. Was anything wrong, he wondered
for ...
Maithri felt, more than saw, his mother's shadow move away from the window;
From morning she had been hovering about the verandah waiting for the letter
that failed to come. From his father in Jaffna. Was anything wrong, he wondered
for ...
Page 13
Rushika, though only nine years old, seemed to cope better with the loss of
mother. She did not mind the invasion of the privacy of their home by well-
meaning relatives and friends. Rushika did not mind her head being stroked by
female ...
Rushika, though only nine years old, seemed to cope better with the loss of
mother. She did not mind the invasion of the privacy of their home by well-
meaning relatives and friends. Rushika did not mind her head being stroked by
female ...
Page 14
Very soon people will begin to say this or that,' And she had gone, without
bothering about who was going to cook their food, to tend their needs, now that
mother too was no more He was pushed into serving the priests. Was it not being
held in ...
Very soon people will begin to say this or that,' And she had gone, without
bothering about who was going to cook their food, to tend their needs, now that
mother too was no more He was pushed into serving the priests. Was it not being
held in ...
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