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 164
... Lal's story to me . Lal's father had died in the great malaria epidemic of the 1930s , when Lal was barely five and his sister Lalitha going on seven . He had been an apothecary in Kegalle and had worked all the hours of the night and ...
... Lal's story to me . Lal's father had died in the great malaria epidemic of the 1930s , when Lal was barely five and his sister Lalitha going on seven . He had been an apothecary in Kegalle and had worked all the hours of the night and ...
Page 184
... Lal's dif- ferences with him now , there was no doubt about the regard in which Lal held him . ' Our party did some great things in those early days , ' Lal reflected nostalgically , ' and we had so much support among the workers ...
... Lal's dif- ferences with him now , there was no doubt about the regard in which Lal held him . ' Our party did some great things in those early days , ' Lal reflected nostalgically , ' and we had so much support among the workers ...
Page 203
... Lal's voice ; there was something about 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 ...
... Lal's voice ; there was something about 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 ...
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