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 5
... suddenly the rain would lift and the trees come erect again , putting forth to the sun which had as suddenly appeared , and the crows would caw once more . And a mist would rise from the hot roads like dawn . It was the seasons ' return ...
... suddenly the rain would lift and the trees come erect again , putting forth to the sun which had as suddenly appeared , and the crows would caw once more . And a mist would rise from the hot roads like dawn . It was the seasons ' return ...
Page 168
... suddenly . Kanniah had ri- sen to leave and I with him . ' With me and Kanniah ? Lal and the others are going before ... suddenly to enter that cloistered calm – even the images got mixed up . It was like clapping a shell to one's ear ...
... suddenly . Kanniah had ri- sen to leave and I with him . ' With me and Kanniah ? Lal and the others are going before ... suddenly to enter that cloistered calm – even the images got mixed up . It was like clapping a shell to one's ear ...
Page 254
... suddenly left him , he added more lightly , and that's why I am more civilized than you . ' Gamini accepted laughingly that he was not as lucky as Vijay and that was why he had to get his civilization from books , and from travel , per ...
... suddenly left him , he added more lightly , and that's why I am more civilized than you . ' Gamini accepted laughingly that he was not as lucky as Vijay and that was why he had to get his civilization from books , and from travel , per ...
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