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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... marry . At eighteen , he was two years older than Soonoo . What could she do , woken to love by the promise of it , and ... married , ' exclaimed Tissa . ' What are you ? Twenty - two ? ' Saha nodded . ' Yes , of course , same age as me ...
... marry . At eighteen , he was two years older than Soonoo . What could she do , woken to love by the promise of it , and ... married , ' exclaimed Tissa . ' What are you ? Twenty - two ? ' Saha nodded . ' Yes , of course , same age as me ...
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... married , though , he could begin to think of his own marriage . And all the while , there was Pandyan , frail and ailing , holding tenuously on to his life , like an anxious farmer to good weather , till all his children were gathered ...
... married , though , he could begin to think of his own marriage . And all the while , there was Pandyan , frail and ailing , holding tenuously on to his life , like an anxious farmer to good weather , till all his children were gathered ...
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Ambalavaner Sivanandan. ' Yes . ' ' Will you marry me ? ' She looked deep into my eyes for a while and answered , ' Yes . ' W 7 E WERE MARRIED on the Buddhist and Hindu New Year's Day in April 1955 , at the Registrar's Office in ...
Ambalavaner Sivanandan. ' Yes . ' ' Will you marry me ? ' She looked deep into my eyes for a while and answered , ' Yes . ' W 7 E WERE MARRIED on the Buddhist and Hindu New Year's Day in April 1955 , at the Registrar's Office in ...
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