Growing: an autobiography of the years 1904 to 1911Woolf's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. "He has a seemingly effortless way with words which is beautiful and spellbinding" (J. M. Edelstein, New Republic). Index; photographs. |
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more than a large clearing in the unending jungle. It had two temples, one at one
end of what might euphemistically be called the village street — it was only a very
broad path between boutiques and sheds — and the other at the other end.
more than a large clearing in the unending jungle. It had two temples, one at one
end of what might euphemistically be called the village street — it was only a very
broad path between boutiques and sheds — and the other at the other end.
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The God at that time was a Tamil, but he married into a Sinhalese family in
Kataragama and became a Sinhalese God, and that is why now the temple
kapuralas are Sinhalese. This was the story of a Buddhist Sinhalese villager.
When I told ...
The God at that time was a Tamil, but he married into a Sinhalese family in
Kataragama and became a Sinhalese God, and that is why now the temple
kapuralas are Sinhalese. This was the story of a Buddhist Sinhalese villager.
When I told ...
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Walking up what was before the village street, you passed boutique after
boutique, selling flowers and fruit, to be offered in the temple and mutatis
mutandis you might have been passing the shops in Lisieux or even in London's
Victoria Street, ...
Walking up what was before the village street, you passed boutique after
boutique, selling flowers and fruit, to be offered in the temple and mutatis
mutandis you might have been passing the shops in Lisieux or even in London's
Victoria Street, ...
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