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 120
... father , and worked as an apothecary in the general hospital close by . He was the first person to have a car in our family , on my father's side , that is , but was very generous with it . He was altogether a gentle and generous man ...
... father , and worked as an apothecary in the general hospital close by . He was the first person to have a car in our family , on my father's side , that is , but was very generous with it . He was altogether a gentle and generous man ...
Page 206
... father say , emphasizing ' Sinhalese ' as though to give Visvappa notice that he would not have them derided as ... father . Why didn't he kick the man out ? ' You really have taught me something , Mr Visvappa , sir , ' my father said ...
... father say , emphasizing ' Sinhalese ' as though to give Visvappa notice that he would not have them derided as ... father . Why didn't he kick the man out ? ' You really have taught me something , Mr Visvappa , sir , ' my father said ...
Page 207
... father did not stir from his chair and Visvappa left , with the parting crack that my father was unlikely to have any friends at all unless his manners improved . As the door closed on him , my mother emerged from behind the cur- tain ...
... father did not stir from his chair and Visvappa left , with the parting crack that my father was unlikely to have any friends at all unless his manners improved . As the door closed on him , my mother emerged from behind the cur- tain ...
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