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 13
... remember the driver's name . ' Oh no , don't say that , master , ' replied the carter , certain now that it was Pandyan's son . There was no mistaking his voice . ' You have been away a long time , a whole year , and your folk have ...
... remember the driver's name . ' Oh no , don't say that , master , ' replied the carter , certain now that it was Pandyan's son . There was no mistaking his voice . ' You have been away a long time , a whole year , and your folk have ...
Page 116
... remember I made a brave save from one of Thambi's savage kicks at goal , and from then on I was accepted . - School was enjoyable too , though at first a little frightening . The headmaster was a strict disciplinarian and insisted on ...
... remember I made a brave save from one of Thambi's savage kicks at goal , and from then on I was accepted . - School was enjoyable too , though at first a little frightening . The headmaster was a strict disciplinarian and insisted on ...
Page 162
... remember , ' Lal interrupted . ' It was at my cousin Roy's place , Roy de Silva . You used to go to his Marxist study group , didn't you ? ' ' Ah yes , the day the prime minister died last year . Roy and his parents were going to Temple ...
... remember , ' Lal interrupted . ' It was at my cousin Roy's place , Roy de Silva . You used to go to his Marxist study group , didn't you ? ' ' Ah yes , the day the prime minister died last year . Roy and his parents were going to Temple ...
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