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 101
... face bright with anger , and demanded that he keep his brother in order . This was no way for high - caste folk to behave . You can't go hob - nobbing with these people and not lose face . And he , he , he stuttered in his anger , he ...
... face bright with anger , and demanded that he keep his brother in order . This was no way for high - caste folk to behave . You can't go hob - nobbing with these people and not lose face . And he , he , he stuttered in his anger , he ...
Page 176
... face . And suddenly I began to see him again , this man , my father . The face had grown more gaunt , the body slack ( the strong firm chest had wrinkled into breasts ) and grey had touched his hair . I had not noticed him before , not ...
... face . And suddenly I began to see him again , this man , my father . The face had grown more gaunt , the body slack ( the strong firm chest had wrinkled into breasts ) and grey had touched his hair . I had not noticed him before , not ...
Page 184
... face all aglow , and he spoke as though he had been there at the time . I was caught up in his excitement . ' And not just in the rural areas and in the towns but even on the plan- tations . Remember all those strikes before the war ...
... face all aglow , and he spoke as though he had been there at the time . I was caught up in his excitement . ' And not just in the rural areas and in the towns but even on the plan- tations . Remember all those strikes before the war ...
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