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 12
... arrack . The remittances home began to fall off . And though he applied himself to his work at the office , he paid no heed to his studies . But to his surprise , and that of his friends , he passed his de- partmental exam at the end of ...
... arrack . The remittances home began to fall off . And though he applied himself to his work at the office , he paid no heed to his studies . But to his surprise , and that of his friends , he passed his de- partmental exam at the end of ...
Page 136
... arrack , sometimes without his books ( having sold them to pay his gambling debts ) and Uncle Para would lay into him with a hopeless passion of love and despair . Soon , though , Kantha was to fail his exam again and leave school , and ...
... arrack , sometimes without his books ( having sold them to pay his gambling debts ) and Uncle Para would lay into him with a hopeless passion of love and despair . Soon , though , Kantha was to fail his exam again and leave school , and ...
Page 261
... arrack for himself and a bottle of orange barley water for Vijay . Vijay blinked against the fluorescent lighting and looked around . Every- thing was harsh in here , functional , the tables , the chairs , the bare walls , with no ...
... arrack for himself and a bottle of orange barley water for Vijay . Vijay blinked against the fluorescent lighting and looked around . Every- thing was harsh in here , functional , the tables , the chairs , the bare walls , with no ...
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