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 8
... course his other sons could help him manage the farm . It wasn't much of a farm anyway . And truth to say , he wasn't a very successful farmer either . Yes , by all means , let the boy have education . Perhaps he might even become a ...
... course his other sons could help him manage the farm . It wasn't much of a farm anyway . And truth to say , he wasn't a very successful farmer either . Yes , by all means , let the boy have education . Perhaps he might even become a ...
Page 42
... course , of course that's what he meant , ' he mutered to bimself . ' Yes , yes , that's it , that is it ! Missionarism and not the missionary . That's the problem - not the individual , but the ... but the ... whole thing , the whole ...
... course , of course that's what he meant , ' he mutered to bimself . ' Yes , yes , that's it , that is it ! Missionarism and not the missionary . That's the problem - not the individual , but the ... but the ... whole thing , the whole ...
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... course . In fact all the dogs in the village were either Jimmy or Rover , whatever their sex there was no word for bitch in Tamil , my father explained - but so long as old Jimmy was alive , he remained the first Jimmy . And Jimmys , as ...
... course . In fact all the dogs in the village were either Jimmy or Rover , whatever their sex there was no word for bitch in Tamil , my father explained - but so long as old Jimmy was alive , he remained the first Jimmy . And Jimmys , as ...
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