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 20
... village to support , Tissa , relatives , poor relatives . How can we let them down ? I couldn't have gone to college without their help , you know . ' ' Yes , yes , I understand all that , Saha , ' answered Tissa impatiently . He ...
... village to support , Tissa , relatives , poor relatives . How can we let them down ? I couldn't have gone to college without their help , you know . ' ' Yes , yes , I understand all that , Saha , ' answered Tissa impatiently . He ...
Page 142
... village . Now , in his old age , he had withdrawn into a great silence , not wishing to trouble anyone , just waiting for death . There were other Jimmys , of course . In fact all the dogs in the village were either Jimmy or Rover ...
... village . Now , in his old age , he had withdrawn into a great silence , not wishing to trouble anyone , just waiting for death . There were other Jimmys , of course . In fact all the dogs in the village were either Jimmy or Rover ...
Page 143
... village and its affairs were never out of my father's mind , wherever he was , and I was close to his thinking . No , not to his thinking , really . Or , if I was , it was only because I tried to make sense of the irrational , contrary ...
... village and its affairs were never out of my father's mind , wherever he was , and I was close to his thinking . No , not to his thinking , really . Or , if I was , it was only because I tried to make sense of the irrational , contrary ...
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Anuradhapura anyway arrack asked Auntie Bandara began broke brother Buddhist Ceylon chair Chitra Colombo coolies course Damayanthi Devi Dhana doctor door eyes face father felt Fonny Gamini girl gone Goonesinha grandfather hand happened hartal head heard Jaffna Kanniah kitchen knew Kurunegala Labour Lal's Lali land laughed leave Leela lived looked Mahadev Manel married Meena morning mother muttered Nadesan never night nodded Nuwara Eliya palmyrah Pandyan party perhaps rain Rajan Ravi remember replied Saha Sahadevan Sandilipay Sanji Sarath sarong Sellamma shook shouted Sinhala Sinhalese sister smiled stopped strike suddenly talk Tamil teacher tell things thought Tissa told took trying turned Uncle Gnanam Uncle Lal Uncle Para Vijay Vijay's village voice waiting walked What's wife workers Yogi