Relative Merits: A Personal Memoir of the Bandaranaike Family of Sri LankaAmusing And Pleasing Well Describe This Gentle Memoir Of The Bandaranaike Family Of 20Th Century Sri Lanka. Gooneratne`S Charming Narrative Recounts The Intertwined Lives Of An Aristocratic Sinhalese Family For Three Generations Amidst Its Mix Of Ancient And Modern Social Practices. Despite A Slightly Choppy Chronology, The Sharply Etched Figures Of Grandpa Felix, Uncle Bunny, And Mother Clearly Emerge As Highly Human Figures. Gooneratne Records With Some Nostalgia The Eventual Dispersal Of The Bandaranaikes In The Face Of Democratic Politics, Foreign Education, And World-Wide Travel. Condition Good. |
Contents
Chapter | 28 |
Family Tree | 230 |
Postscript and Acknowledgments | 245 |
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