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 111
... Never mind them . See , all this Sonnaboy writing . And I think when I read some he must be really loving my Buiya , no ? And even Saint Anthony telling me that you must be old enough . So if you want to marry him you tell now and we ...
... Never mind them . See , all this Sonnaboy writing . And I think when I read some he must be really loving my Buiya , no ? And even Saint Anthony telling me that you must be old enough . So if you want to marry him you tell now and we ...
Page 126
... never mind . You take and go . ' Daniel would smack his forehead and wail : ' Carrying on this head all day , no , lady ? And see the time to take out and put back again . Thirty - five cents . ' ' Other people take only one book . See ...
... never mind . You take and go . ' Daniel would smack his forehead and wail : ' Carrying on this head all day , no , lady ? And see the time to take out and put back again . Thirty - five cents . ' ' Other people take only one book . See ...
Page 177
... Never mind black , but like a well - sucked mango seed , no ? ' ) ; Anna and Mr Colontota , Elsie and Eric with Noella , Dorcas , Beulah ( who was shoved into the kitchen to help Beryl ) Ian and toddler Thelma ; and there was Sonnaboy's ...
... Never mind black , but like a well - sucked mango seed , no ? ' ) ; Anna and Mr Colontota , Elsie and Eric with Noella , Dorcas , Beulah ( who was shoved into the kitchen to help Beryl ) Ian and toddler Thelma ; and there was Sonnaboy's ...
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