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 119
... Leela in particular , who was a year younger than me and my best friend , more especially now that we had this beautiful big house over the post office with a huge rambling garden at the back , cut into a hill as high as our house ...
... Leela in particular , who was a year younger than me and my best friend , more especially now that we had this beautiful big house over the post office with a huge rambling garden at the back , cut into a hill as high as our house ...
Page 127
... Leela , ' is the highest mountain in Ceylon . It is 7,000 feet high . Didn't they teach you that at school ? ' ' No , they said Mount Everest is the tallest . Then there is the Alps and - ' ' But appa told us , ' I said , interrupting Leela ...
... Leela , ' is the highest mountain in Ceylon . It is 7,000 feet high . Didn't they teach you that at school ? ' ' No , they said Mount Everest is the tallest . Then there is the Alps and - ' ' But appa told us , ' I said , interrupting Leela ...
Page 156
... Leela provocatively . ' Leave him alone , ' said my father . ' He is all wound up about the results . ' Leela guffawed and left the room . Saturday came at last . It was a fine day and we played cricket that afternoon in Lorna's lane ...
... Leela provocatively . ' Leave him alone , ' said my father . ' He is all wound up about the results . ' Leela guffawed and left the room . Saturday came at last . It was a fine day and we played cricket that afternoon in Lorna's lane ...
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