Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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... 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 the hundredth time , why was ...
... 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 the hundredth time , why was ...
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... mother . She did not mind the invasion of the privacy of their home by well - meaning relatives and friends ... mother's cupboards , disarranging her pots and pans , her linen and even her own personal belongings . He remembered how they ...
... mother . She did not mind the invasion of the privacy of their home by well - meaning relatives and friends ... mother's cupboards , disarranging her pots and pans , her linen and even her own personal belongings . He remembered how they ...
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... mother's new life , merit earned for her by her family . His father looked wan and haggard . And helpless . Mother had been the strong one in household affairs . And she was gone . He wished he could run back to his room , close the ...
... mother's new life , merit earned for her by her family . His father looked wan and haggard . And helpless . Mother had been the strong one in household affairs . And she was gone . He wished he could run back to his room , close the ...
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