Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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There was a singing in his ears, he heard the shouts, the screams, his mother
and his sister, dragged out of the house by their father, the men with their
crowbars and sticks, maddened faces and shining sweat-covered bodies in the
darkness.
There was a singing in his ears, he heard the shouts, the screams, his mother
and his sister, dragged out of the house by their father, the men with their
crowbars and sticks, maddened faces and shining sweat-covered bodies in the
darkness.
Page 24
But then the bell pealed; a gang of boys came out, sniggering. and shouted in
chorus, *'Gihing varengV as my farewell My mother pretended not to hear the
insult. The snobbish little bastards! But how can I blame them? That day I was
deeply ...
But then the bell pealed; a gang of boys came out, sniggering. and shouted in
chorus, *'Gihing varengV as my farewell My mother pretended not to hear the
insult. The snobbish little bastards! But how can I blame them? That day I was
deeply ...
Page 50
The shouts were of three kinds: "We don't want you here. This is my land. These
are my people..." (L2, p 2). "You are a dog. You are filth. You are a coloured dog,"
11 The other shout became an obscene roar: "When I go I go on for one hour.
The shouts were of three kinds: "We don't want you here. This is my land. These
are my people..." (L2, p 2). "You are a dog. You are filth. You are a coloured dog,"
11 The other shout became an obscene roar: "When I go I go on for one hour.
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