One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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James Goonewardene. memories buried in the ruins lying there on the beach , still smouldering a week after the shack had been destroyed . Van Hulft , left there , alone , by the ruins of Korala's shack , found himself going back to ...
James Goonewardene. memories buried in the ruins lying there on the beach , still smouldering a week after the shack had been destroyed . Van Hulft , left there , alone , by the ruins of Korala's shack , found himself going back to ...
Page 135
... ruins of the shack , in a deep , brooding silence . Every now and then he snorted and uttered an obscenity , and then went back to a silent study of the ruins . The rest of them watched him silently . Van Hulft kept up a steady ...
... ruins of the shack , in a deep , brooding silence . Every now and then he snorted and uttered an obscenity , and then went back to a silent study of the ruins . The rest of them watched him silently . Van Hulft kept up a steady ...
Page 137
... ruins up there . " These are ruins of a Buddhist monastery , " he said . " Have any of you ever asked yourself why these monks decided to spend their days up here - so far away from human habitations ? " " ' ' It's in the nature of ...
... ruins up there . " These are ruins of a Buddhist monastery , " he said . " Have any of you ever asked yourself why these monks decided to spend their days up here - so far away from human habitations ? " " ' ' It's in the nature of ...
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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