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 217
Ambalavaner Sivanandan. ' we were coolies , high - class coolies , administrative coolies who kept the government services running . Yes , that's what we were . ' And then , en- couraged by Lali's laughter , he summed it up in one of his ...
Ambalavaner Sivanandan. ' we were coolies , high - class coolies , administrative coolies who kept the government services running . Yes , that's what we were . ' And then , en- couraged by Lali's laughter , he summed it up in one of his ...
Page 253
... coolies who were being thrown out of the estates , he was silly and romantic . Lal was prob- ably doing what he could and would have sent for Vijay if he was needed . ' I just want to go and see what's happening on the plantations ...
... coolies who were being thrown out of the estates , he was silly and romantic . Lal was prob- ably doing what he could and would have sent for Vijay if he was needed . ' I just want to go and see what's happening on the plantations ...
Page 256
... coolies , who lived and perished among the tea - bushes and nourished them with their remains when they were dead . Even the one proper road that ran through Hatton entered it with a rush and , leaping over the bus - station , left it ...
... coolies , who lived and perished among the tea - bushes and nourished them with their remains when they were dead . Even the one proper road that ran through Hatton entered it with a rush and , leaping over the bus - station , left it ...
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