One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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Page 40
... moved by emotions they had not known before . They were moved to tears by the emptiness . They had never seen anything looking so desolate , so forsaken as the shack in front of them . The thudding of their heart - beats sounded even ...
... moved by emotions they had not known before . They were moved to tears by the emptiness . They had never seen anything looking so desolate , so forsaken as the shack in front of them . The thudding of their heart - beats sounded even ...
Page 65
... moved his mandible up and down , clacked his canines , picked ticks out of his hair , moved his brow ridges , stretching and expanding them as the pressure on his brain increased . It seemed to cause him distress and trouble , but he ...
... moved his mandible up and down , clacked his canines , picked ticks out of his hair , moved his brow ridges , stretching and expanding them as the pressure on his brain increased . It seemed to cause him distress and trouble , but he ...
Page 105
... moved or said anything . They realized , suddenly , the profanity of what had been uttered . They were glanc- ing at each other as if to make sure that they had heard Turab right . They looked demurely at each other . They didn't want ...
... moved or said anything . They realized , suddenly , the profanity of what had been uttered . They were glanc- ing at each other as if to make sure that they had heard Turab right . They looked demurely at each other . They didn't want ...
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asked beach become began believed bottle brain build Callay called coming common complete Conny creatures cried dead death decided Demos destroy direction discovered dropped especially excitement eyes face fact faithful feeling feet fellows felt final fish forces forms freedom friends gathered gave getting give gone hand head heard hold Hulft human ideas important inside island Kadalay Peiris kind knew known Korala Lanka later learned living looking marine mass memorial Mikhail mind moved naturalist needed never newspaper once original plans produced professor research station roar round rushing seemed shack shouting silence sitting sound stalwarts stand started stood story studied sudden suddenly talk tell things thought tion took truth trying Turab turned Van Hulft voice