{"product_id":"when-memory-dies","title":"When Memory Dies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Haunting, with an immense tenderness . . . Unforgettable\" JOHN BERGER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I''m recommending \u003ci\u003eWhen Memory Dies\u003c\/i\u003e to everyone\" ARTHUR C. CLARKE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Profoundly moving\" \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant and moving first novel\"\u003ci\u003e Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the viewpoints of three generations of a Sri Lankan family (taking the reader from 1920 through the 1980s), Sivanandan explores a culture destroyed first by colonization, then through the ethnic divisions that are released when the country achieves independence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe family, which lives at a level of poverty that makes survival a constant struggle, must also balance love for one another with a deep love of their homeland. Without bending to romanticism or proselytization, the author evokes a compelling and very human story of a lost country. It is a vision as beautifully told as it is unrelenting in its devotion to truth. In the process, the work also supplies a rich historic background to the often underreported news accounts of the massacres and upheavals in Sri Lanka.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Sagittarius Prize **Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers'' Prize**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317157273982,"sku":"NW9781905147595","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781905147595.jpg?v=1778249397","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/when-memory-dies","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}