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 254
... Vijay's parentage . It had all come out at a meeting of a PLF cell in the course of a discussion of the ' fifth thesis ' on ' Indian expansionism ' . The party line was that India was an imperial power and that the Indian estate workers ...
... Vijay's parentage . It had all come out at a meeting of a PLF cell in the course of a discussion of the ' fifth thesis ' on ' Indian expansionism ' . The party line was that India was an imperial power and that the Indian estate workers ...
Page 287
... Vijay but was not sure at first that he should accompany them . But , remembering Sellamma's great affection for Vijay , he changed his mind . Vijay's presence might even help to bring her out of herself . Perumal was waiting for them ...
... Vijay but was not sure at first that he should accompany them . But , remembering Sellamma's great affection for Vijay , he changed his mind . Vijay's presence might even help to bring her out of herself . Perumal was waiting for them ...
Page 345
... Vijay was . She wanted her headship first , and not all the arguments that Mrs Bandara and Damayanthi would advance on Vijay's behalf could shake her re- solve . And it was only when Vijay began to absent himself more and more from home ...
... Vijay was . She wanted her headship first , and not all the arguments that Mrs Bandara and Damayanthi would advance on Vijay's behalf could shake her re- solve . And it was only when Vijay began to absent himself more and more from home ...
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