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 301
... Sarath come in through the open door , he went on , ' and Sarath can help me . ' ' I am hungry enough , ' Sarath said , catching the tail end of Vijay's con- versation . ' Sorry I'm late . ' He placed his furled black umbrella carefully ...
... Sarath come in through the open door , he went on , ' and Sarath can help me . ' ' I am hungry enough , ' Sarath said , catching the tail end of Vijay's con- versation . ' Sorry I'm late . ' He placed his furled black umbrella carefully ...
Page 305
... Sarath . ' They are not fighting out of theory , but of necessity . ' He looked pointedly at Dhana . ' They have nothing and they have grown up having nothing , a whole generation of them . And they see even the little they have to make ...
... Sarath . ' They are not fighting out of theory , but of necessity . ' He looked pointedly at Dhana . ' They have nothing and they have grown up having nothing , a whole generation of them . And they see even the little they have to make ...
Page 359
... Sarath ? ' Dhana put his arm around Sarath's shoulder in an uncharacteristic display of affection and leant for- ward to look into his friend's face . ' Can't you ? ' He leant back on the bench . ' He has communalized the whole ...
... Sarath ? ' Dhana put his arm around Sarath's shoulder in an uncharacteristic display of affection and leant for- ward to look into his friend's face . ' Can't you ? ' He leant back on the bench . ' He has communalized the whole ...
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