When Memory DiesA powerful three-generational saga of a Sri Lankan family's search for coherence and continuity in a country broken by colonial occupation and riven by ethnic wars. Winner of the Sagittarius Prize. Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize |
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Page 198
... Anuradhapura . Only Lal and the Pathiranas , Sena's parents , were present . Lal's wife had just had a baby , and my parents disapproved of the marriage . I had waited of course till Leela's wedding was over , but the repercussions , my ...
... Anuradhapura . Only Lal and the Pathiranas , Sena's parents , were present . Lal's wife had just had a baby , and my parents disapproved of the marriage . I had waited of course till Leela's wedding was over , but the repercussions , my ...
Page 199
... Anuradhapura after independence , but it served only to separate the past from the present . And even the tank , which the first prime minister , in emulation of Parakrama's ' sea ' , had caused to be built , passed the old kingdom by ...
... Anuradhapura after independence , but it served only to separate the past from the present . And even the tank , which the first prime minister , in emulation of Parakrama's ' sea ' , had caused to be built , passed the old kingdom by ...
Page 375
... Anuradhapura for good , now that Raman and his family were leaving . That should please the old fellow . To his disappointment , Vijay found that Raman had left early that morning to finish off a job he was doing for a neighbouring ...
... Anuradhapura for good , now that Raman and his family were leaving . That should please the old fellow . To his disappointment , Vijay found that Raman had left early that morning to finish off a job he was doing for a neighbouring ...
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