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 152
... sisters assi- duously to school , but caught no sight of you . Oh , Lorna Moone ! Lorna Moone ! And then that rainy ... sister with sweets ; she took the sweets and never gave you the note . Shelton wouldn't help me ; it was wrong , he ...
... sisters assi- duously to school , but caught no sight of you . Oh , Lorna Moone ! Lorna Moone ! And then that rainy ... sister with sweets ; she took the sweets and never gave you the note . Shelton wouldn't help me ; it was wrong , he ...
Page 164
... sister . I had to pass , become somebody ... and then ? I turned to Kanniah for the answers ; he was , after all , in a similar pre- dicament . But Kanniah would only hint at his confusions ; he preferred to talk about Lal instead . I ...
... sister . I had to pass , become somebody ... and then ? I turned to Kanniah for the answers ; he was , after all , in a similar pre- dicament . But Kanniah would only hint at his confusions ; he preferred to talk about Lal instead . I ...
Page 252
... sister , Padma , was in the front line . Three weeks later , Comrade Sister was dead . And here he was , on her birthday , four years on , still unable to break out of the past which clung to him like a stigma . Vijay woke the next ...
... sister , Padma , was in the front line . Three weeks later , Comrade Sister was dead . And here he was , on her birthday , four years on , still unable to break out of the past which clung to him like a stigma . Vijay woke the next ...
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answer asked become began better broke brother brought called chair Colombo coming course doctor don't door everything eyes face father feel felt gave getting girl give gone grandfather hand happened head heard Jaffna kitchen knew Lali land laughed leave lived looked Manel married matter mean Meena mind morning mother moved needed never night once Para party passed perhaps play remember replied returned round Saha Sahadevan Sanji Sarath seemed seen side Sinhalese sister smiled stopped strike suddenly taken talk Tamil tell things thought Tissa told took tried trying turned Uncle Vijay village voice waiting walked whole wife workers Yogi