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 202
... Fonny was encouraged to go on . ' And how can we do that unless we give up English , stop using it as the medium of instruction , as the language of administration ? Sixty , maybe seventy per cent of the people can't speak it . Have ...
... Fonny was encouraged to go on . ' And how can we do that unless we give up English , stop using it as the medium of instruction , as the language of administration ? Sixty , maybe seventy per cent of the people can't speak it . Have ...
Page 203
... Fonny that provoked Lal's anger one minute and his affection the next . Perhaps because the man himself was harmless , but his ideas half - baked and dangerous . ' All you have got to do is to get rid of the Tamil guy above you ...
... Fonny that provoked Lal's anger one minute and his affection the next . Perhaps because the man himself was harmless , but his ideas half - baked and dangerous . ' All you have got to do is to get rid of the Tamil guy above you ...
Page 226
... Fonny . ' Fonny wilted for a moment . ' Yes I know , Rajan , ' he began shame- facedly , and then got angry . ' But not any more , not when people are being killed and the government does nothing because it's not their people . What ...
... Fonny . ' Fonny wilted for a moment . ' Yes I know , Rajan , ' he began shame- facedly , and then got angry . ' But not any more , not when people are being killed and the government does nothing because it's not their people . What ...
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