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 16
... Sahadevan yet another spoonful of rice . ' No more , please . I can't eat any more , I'm full , ' pleaded Sahadevan , covering his leaf with his hands . ' Well , what are we having tomorrow ? Not kool ? ' ' Yes , kool , ' said his ...
... Sahadevan yet another spoonful of rice . ' No more , please . I can't eat any more , I'm full , ' pleaded Sahadevan , covering his leaf with his hands . ' Well , what are we having tomorrow ? Not kool ? ' ' Yes , kool , ' said his ...
Page 31
... Sahadevan chuckled to himself : in a sense it was all his doing . What he could not understand , though , was how ... Sahadevan and lit up another cigarette . ' Mother knew , and everybody knew that Mother knew , so what was there to ...
... Sahadevan chuckled to himself : in a sense it was all his doing . What he could not understand , though , was how ... Sahadevan and lit up another cigarette . ' Mother knew , and everybody knew that Mother knew , so what was there to ...
Page 33
... Sahadevan laughingly suggested as much to his brothers when they reported that they could not get a hearse to come up to the house . Not even a double - bullock cart with its high , steel - rimmed wheels could get through the lanes in ...
... Sahadevan laughingly suggested as much to his brothers when they reported that they could not get a hearse to come up to the house . Not even a double - bullock cart with its high , steel - rimmed wheels could get through the lanes in ...
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