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 328
... Ravi's vegetable garden , but the pump had been aban- doned in mid - furrow and the lad was gone . He came back into the house , shouting for his daughter . ' Devi , ' he called , ' where's Ravi ? What's happened ? Is anything the ...
... Ravi's vegetable garden , but the pump had been aban- doned in mid - furrow and the lad was gone . He came back into the house , shouting for his daughter . ' Devi , ' he called , ' where's Ravi ? What's happened ? Is anything the ...
Page 334
... Ravi's ' land ' , ' on your way here . ' Vijay nodded . ' Yes , Yogi pointed them out to me . I don't remember ... Ravi's plot again , ' his friends come for him and he chucks up his work and pushes off . What's the point of working ...
... Ravi's ' land ' , ' on your way here . ' Vijay nodded . ' Yes , Yogi pointed them out to me . I don't remember ... Ravi's plot again , ' his friends come for him and he chucks up his work and pushes off . What's the point of working ...
Page 390
... Ravi had suddenly abandoned it and gone off with his friends . Everything had changed that day - for him , for Ravi , for the country . It was as though history had taken a quantum leap , backwards , the mo- ment Ravi had abandoned the ...
... Ravi had suddenly abandoned it and gone off with his friends . Everything had changed that day - for him , for Ravi , for the country . It was as though history had taken a quantum leap , backwards , the mo- ment Ravi had abandoned the ...
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answer asked become began better broke brother brought called chair Colombo coming course doctor don't door everything eyes face father feel felt gave getting girl give gone grandfather hand happened head heard Jaffna kitchen knew Lali land laughed leave lived looked Manel married matter mean Meena mind morning mother moved needed never night once Para party passed perhaps play remember replied returned round Saha Sahadevan Sanji Sarath seemed seen side Sinhalese sister smiled stopped strike suddenly taken talk Tamil tell things thought Tissa told took tried trying turned Uncle Vijay village voice waiting walked whole wife workers Yogi