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 63
... chairs . A minute or two later , four important - looking men as- cended the platform and sat down , leaving the middle chair vacant . The crowd waited expectantly , craning their necks to see the man who was going to occupy the fifth chair ...
... chairs . A minute or two later , four important - looking men as- cended the platform and sat down , leaving the middle chair vacant . The crowd waited expectantly , craning their necks to see the man who was going to occupy the fifth chair ...
Page 106
... chair by his bed . Saha looked gratefully at his friend . ' You have had quite a hard time with me , haven't you ? ' he said . ' And I thought you never could stand sickness . ' Tissa , remembering how that story had originated , did ...
... chair by his bed . Saha looked gratefully at his friend . ' You have had quite a hard time with me , haven't you ? ' he said . ' And I thought you never could stand sickness . ' Tissa , remembering how that story had originated , did ...
Page 203
... chair and began to pace the verandah . He was getting agitated again . ' Yes , that's what we are all doing , putting the Tamils up for auction , the ordinary Tamil people , not Rajan and his English - speaking lot . They can go ...
... chair and began to pace the verandah . He was getting agitated again . ' Yes , that's what we are all doing , putting the Tamils up for auction , the ordinary Tamil people , not Rajan and his English - speaking lot . They can go ...
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