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 140
Ambalavaner Sivanandan. stopped altogether . My father got down from the cart and , ordering all of us out to relieve ... stopped to talk to them briefly . But I was more interested in the large catapult that my cousin Myl was brandishing ...
Ambalavaner Sivanandan. stopped altogether . My father got down from the cart and , ordering all of us out to relieve ... stopped to talk to them briefly . But I was more interested in the large catapult that my cousin Myl was brandishing ...
Page 363
... stopped by two men . It did not surprise him . The election had gone off too quietly for that , there were no government goondas about and he himself had gone around unmolested and unwatched . But what he had not anticipated was being ...
... stopped by two men . It did not surprise him . The election had gone off too quietly for that , there were no government goondas about and he himself had gone around unmolested and unwatched . But what he had not anticipated was being ...
Page 389
... stopped in his tracks , peering into the dark . ' Hey , there it is now , can't you see it ? There , there , that light behind the trees ? Come on , we'd better hurry . ' ' Sarath , you are great , ' panted Vijay , scampering behind his ...
... stopped in his tracks , peering into the dark . ' Hey , there it is now , can't you see it ? There , there , that light behind the trees ? Come on , we'd better hurry . ' ' Sarath , you are great , ' panted Vijay , scampering behind his ...
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