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 173
... teacher - not , at least , till I had ex- hausted every possible avenue to get a ' proper job ' . Uncle Gnanam alone seemed happy to see me become a teacher . It was a grand profession , he said , a noble one , the noblest in the world ...
... teacher - not , at least , till I had ex- hausted every possible avenue to get a ' proper job ' . Uncle Gnanam alone seemed happy to see me become a teacher . It was a grand profession , he said , a noble one , the noblest in the world ...
Page 174
... teaching career ' , he observed wryly and laughed . But mine , he said , was just about to be- gin : I was a good learner and had a way with children ; I would make a good teacher . And had I not played football for the university ...
... teaching career ' , he observed wryly and laughed . But mine , he said , was just about to be- gin : I was a good learner and had a way with children ; I would make a good teacher . And had I not played football for the university ...
Page 294
... teacher and maths served to insulate him from other teachers , and the occasional English or civics classes he took in the lower school posed no challenge , outside the classroom anyway . Then , one day , he was asked to stand in for ...
... teacher and maths served to insulate him from other teachers , and the occasional English or civics classes he took in the lower school posed no challenge , outside the classroom anyway . Then , one day , he was asked to stand in for ...
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