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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... tell its story . But there is no story to tell , no one story anyway , not since that day in 1505 when the fidalgo Don Laurenço de Almeida , resplendent in gold braid and epaulettes and hat plumed with all the birds of paradise , landed ...
... tell its story . But there is no story to tell , no one story anyway , not since that day in 1505 when the fidalgo Don Laurenço de Almeida , resplendent in gold braid and epaulettes and hat plumed with all the birds of paradise , landed ...
Page 333
... Tell him , go on , tell him . You've got a tongue in your head . You tell him . ' And she did . In halting English and Tamil , she told Vijay slowly , but feelingly , how the green of the chillies and the onions he saw over there was ...
... Tell him , go on , tell him . You've got a tongue in your head . You tell him . ' And she did . In halting English and Tamil , she told Vijay slowly , but feelingly , how the green of the chillies and the onions he saw over there was ...
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... telling to , child . You won't tell anybody will you , doctor ? ' Lal assured her that he wouldn't ( whatever it was she was trying to tell him ) . But , fearing that she had already said too much , the woman gath- ered up her daughter ...
... telling to , child . You won't tell anybody will you , doctor ? ' Lal assured her that he wouldn't ( whatever it was she was trying to tell him ) . But , fearing that she had already said too much , the woman gath- ered up her daughter ...
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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