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 268
... girl standing close to him must have thought so too , because she cast a venomous glance at Vijay and went on to find a match for the old man from another pas- senger . Vijay took it all in but was too tired to care and too fed up with ...
... girl standing close to him must have thought so too , because she cast a venomous glance at Vijay and went on to find a match for the old man from another pas- senger . Vijay took it all in but was too tired to care and too fed up with ...
Page 269
... girl's place by the window . Vijay tried to get the girl into conversation but she kept laughing him off . He took an orange out of his bag , peeled it and offered a piece to the old man and then to the girl . They ate in silence . ' I ...
... girl's place by the window . Vijay tried to get the girl into conversation but she kept laughing him off . He took an orange out of his bag , peeled it and offered a piece to the old man and then to the girl . They ate in silence . ' I ...
Page 270
... girl was interested now . Vijay looked like someone who had given some thought to the questions that bothered her . What was his idea of socialism , then ? Sensing her interest in him , Vijay began by trying to impress the girl , but ...
... girl was interested now . Vijay looked like someone who had given some thought to the questions that bothered her . What was his idea of socialism , then ? Sensing her interest in him , Vijay began by trying to impress the girl , but ...
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