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 80
Ambalavaner Sivanandan. they could go walking on the beach more often , and talk , just talk : he was such a great teacher . But Prema was right : there was a silence within him now where Tissa had been , and the talking had stopped . It ...
Ambalavaner Sivanandan. they could go walking on the beach more often , and talk , just talk : he was such a great teacher . But Prema was right : there was a silence within him now where Tissa had been , and the talking had stopped . It ...
Page 164
... talk about Lal instead . I was bored at first and impatient ; it was not what I had come to talk to Kanniah about . But as he continued talking , I began to get the feeling that Lal's life was tied up , somehow , with Kan- niah's , as ...
... talk about Lal instead . I was bored at first and impatient ; it was not what I had come to talk to Kanniah about . But as he continued talking , I began to get the feeling that Lal's life was tied up , somehow , with Kan- niah's , as ...
Page 166
... talk to you later . ' And as he was leaving he turned back and shouted : ' Why don't you come home , on Sunday evening , we can talk then . Kanniah is coming - come with him . ' But if I thought I was going to have a quiet discussion ...
... talk to you later . ' And as he was leaving he turned back and shouted : ' Why don't you come home , on Sunday evening , we can talk then . Kanniah is coming - come with him . ' But if I thought I was going to have a quiet discussion ...
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