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 44
... truth and freedom . To some it meant sitting cross - legged , looking eastward and eating with one's left hand , or standing on one's head and repeating the word ' OOMMM ' until one dropped unconscious . To some it meant being tied to a ...
... truth and freedom . To some it meant sitting cross - legged , looking eastward and eating with one's left hand , or standing on one's head and repeating the word ' OOMMM ' until one dropped unconscious . To some it meant being tied to a ...
Page 52
... truth to Ananda , like Satori comes to the masters of Zen , like Plotinus saw the truth in Alexandria , like Ruysbroech saw it in Brussels ; Korala , seeing the truth , in this little patch of deserted beach , on the island of Lanka ...
... truth to Ananda , like Satori comes to the masters of Zen , like Plotinus saw the truth in Alexandria , like Ruysbroech saw it in Brussels ; Korala , seeing the truth , in this little patch of deserted beach , on the island of Lanka ...
Page 71
... truth was out at last . They had kept it all hushed - up , the streaks of lunacy spreading through the country , but that could not go on for ever . The truth had to come out . People were going mad , and you couldn't keep a fact like ...
... truth was out at last . They had kept it all hushed - up , the streaks of lunacy spreading through the country , but that could not go on for ever . The truth had to come out . People were going mad , and you couldn't keep a fact like ...
Common terms and phrases
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