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 183
... asked curtly . They were obviously continuing a de- bate begun earlier . I rose to find a chair for the man , who seemed to bal- ance on one leg , but he waved it aside and replied to Lal . ' To power . ' ' In parliament ? ' ' Why not ...
... asked curtly . They were obviously continuing a de- bate begun earlier . I rose to find a chair for the man , who seemed to bal- ance on one leg , but he waved it aside and replied to Lal . ' To power . ' ' In parliament ? ' ' Why not ...
Page 261
... asked . All he could make out was the soldierly figure of a man . ' Pathirana , sir . Vijay Pa - ' ' Ah Vijay , ' Mendis acknowledged without hesitation . ' I thought I re- cognized your voice . ' He emerged from the bushes buttoning up ...
... asked . All he could make out was the soldierly figure of a man . ' Pathirana , sir . Vijay Pa - ' ' Ah Vijay , ' Mendis acknowledged without hesitation . ' I thought I re- cognized your voice . ' He emerged from the bushes buttoning up ...
Page 336
... asking Nanda what he had done with the train . ' Uncle Para started chuckling again . “ What is all this I hear about you , and a runaway carriage " , the GM asked Nanda repeatedly , and Nanda kept correcting him over and over again ...
... asking Nanda what he had done with the train . ' Uncle Para started chuckling again . “ What is all this I hear about you , and a runaway carriage " , the GM asked Nanda repeatedly , and Nanda kept correcting him over and over again ...
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