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 272
... Uncle Lal was no help ; he was busy fighting the health department for better sanitation in the line rooms , following another outbreak of typhoid , and Aunt Hema , who had begun to give herself airs since her daughter married the Educa ...
... Uncle Lal was no help ; he was busy fighting the health department for better sanitation in the line rooms , following another outbreak of typhoid , and Aunt Hema , who had begun to give herself airs since her daughter married the Educa ...
Page 286
... Uncle Lal ? ' Vijay blurted out at dinner that night . ' Done something ? ' Lal looked puzzled . ' Ah , you mean ... No , no , it's nothing to do with you . Or at least , not directly anyway . I mean ... ' He broke off and , rising from ...
... Uncle Lal ? ' Vijay blurted out at dinner that night . ' Done something ? ' Lal looked puzzled . ' Ah , you mean ... No , no , it's nothing to do with you . Or at least , not directly anyway . I mean ... ' He broke off and , rising from ...
Page 291
... Lal knew people , he did not have the feel of them , he was still young and immature . He understood contradiction ... Uncle Lal , I'm going to teach and take a hand in events , small ones , like you , ' he laughed joyously . A week ...
... Lal knew people , he did not have the feel of them , he was still young and immature . He understood contradiction ... Uncle Lal , I'm going to teach and take a hand in events , small ones , like you , ' he laughed joyously . A week ...
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