description: Through the viewpoints of three generations of a Sri Lankan family (taking the reader from 1920 through the 1980s), this title explores a culture destroyed first by colonization, then through the ethnic divisions that are released when the country achieves independence.
language: English
title: When Memory Dies
titlecomplete: When Memory Dies
genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literature, India
ratings_count: 212
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in South Asia and Europe
publisher: Arcadia Books