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 211
... Lali showing no mercy was laughable . I didn't see the Ponnans that morning as I was already late for school . But when I visited them with Lali the following weekend , they were al- ready packed and ready to leave . There was hardly ...
... Lali showing no mercy was laughable . I didn't see the Ponnans that morning as I was already late for school . But when I visited them with Lali the following weekend , they were al- ready packed and ready to leave . There was hardly ...
Page 214
... Lali , ' I stopped her . I did not like to be reminded that Vijay was not my child or that his father was Lali's lover before me . But that was why , perhaps , Lali liked baiting me in the first place with what she called my ' manly ...
... Lali , ' I stopped her . I did not like to be reminded that Vijay was not my child or that his father was Lali's lover before me . But that was why , perhaps , Lali liked baiting me in the first place with what she called my ' manly ...
Page 233
... Lali whose blouse had come undone in her sleep . My instinct was to ask him to go to hell , but he was a well - built fellow , and I didn't want any trouble I couldn't handle . I gave him a box of matches . He squatted with his friends ...
... Lali whose blouse had come undone in her sleep . My instinct was to ask him to go to hell , but he was a well - built fellow , and I didn't want any trouble I couldn't handle . I gave him a box of matches . He squatted with his friends ...
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