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 140
... Sandilipay . The trees were in bloom then , not that there was a great variety of them - the soil was too un- yielding for that and water scarce but what trees there were put forth in July . The morning air smelt of jasmine and the ...
... Sandilipay . The trees were in bloom then , not that there was a great variety of them - the soil was too un- yielding for that and water scarce but what trees there were put forth in July . The morning air smelt of jasmine and the ...
Page 143
... Sandilipay , waiting for my Matric results . It is difficult to say , and I don't quite know why . Other memories of my schooldays seem so distinct , clear , separate : there are spaces between them which I cannot quite fill . But my ...
... Sandilipay , waiting for my Matric results . It is difficult to say , and I don't quite know why . Other memories of my schooldays seem so distinct , clear , separate : there are spaces between them which I cannot quite fill . But my ...
Page 215
... Sandilipay to take , in any case , he grumbled in a less exalted mood , or in the whole of Jaffna province , for that matter . The land was dry and ungiving ( had Lali seen a river or a mountain any- where ? ) and broken up into a ...
... Sandilipay to take , in any case , he grumbled in a less exalted mood , or in the whole of Jaffna province , for that matter . The land was dry and ungiving ( had Lali seen a river or a mountain any- where ? ) and broken up into a ...
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