The Jam Fruit TreeWinner of the Gratiean Memorial Prize for the best work in English Literature by a Sri Lankan for 1993 Hilarious, affectionate, candid and moving, this is the story of the Burghers of Sri Lanka... Who are the Burghers? Descended from the Dutch, the Portuguese, the British and other foreigners who arrived in the island-nation of Sri Lanka (and 'mingled' with the local inhabitants), the Burghers often stand out because of their curiously mixed features-grey eyes in an otherwise Dravid face, for instance.... A handsome and guileless people, the Burghers have always lived it up, forever willing to 'put a party'. Carl Muller, a Burgher himself, writes in this quasi-fictional, engaging biography of the lives of his people; they emerge, at the end of his story, as a race of fun-loving, hardy people, much like the jam fruit tree which simply refuses to be contained or destroyed. |
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Page 65
... Lord .... ' Praise the lord ! ' Ludwick thundered . ' ... and all are brothers and sisters and we are not deaf adders . Deaf adders ! That's what . Have in the psalms about these deaf adders who saying Hail Mary , Hail Mary and not 65 ...
... Lord .... ' Praise the lord ! ' Ludwick thundered . ' ... and all are brothers and sisters and we are not deaf adders . Deaf adders ! That's what . Have in the psalms about these deaf adders who saying Hail Mary , Hail Mary and not 65 ...
Page 67
... Lord put out the hand and saved me , brother ... O my God , make them like a wheel , as the stubble before the wind ... God preserved me , brother Vivi , saw the hand of God scooping me up . Sent an angel to lift me over that gate ...
... Lord put out the hand and saved me , brother ... O my God , make them like a wheel , as the stubble before the wind ... God preserved me , brother Vivi , saw the hand of God scooping me up . Sent an angel to lift me over that gate ...
Page 132
... Lord , that the van stays on it otherwise we go down the precipice for sure ... Bless the van , O Lord God , and the steering - wheel and don't forget the tyres , Lord , because you know these roads , God , all curves and hairpin bends ...
... Lord , that the van stays on it otherwise we go down the precipice for sure ... Bless the van , O Lord God , and the steering - wheel and don't forget the tyres , Lord , because you know these roads , God , all curves and hairpin bends ...
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