Jam Fruit Tree by Carl, Muller

Jam Fruit Tree (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140230314)

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Format: Paperback
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Jam Fruit Tree by Carl, Muller

Jam Fruit Tree

$19.95
Jam Fruit Tree by Carl, Muller

Jam Fruit Tree

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Winner of the Gratiean Memorial Prize for the best work in English Literature by a Sri Lankan for 1993 Hilarious, affectionate, candid and moving, this is the story of the Burghers of Sri Lanka... Who are the Burghers? Descended from the Dutch, the Portuguese, the British and other foreigners who arrived in the island-nation of Sri Lanka (and 'mingled' with the local inhabitants), the Burghers often stand out because of their curiously mixed features-grey eyes in an otherwise Dravid face, for instance.... A handsome and guileless people, the Burghers have always lived it up, forever willing to 'put a party'. Carl Muller, a Burgher himself, writes in this quasi-fictional, engaging biography of the lives of his people; they emerge, at the end of his story, as a race of fun-loving, hardy people, much like the jam fruit tree which simply refuses to be contained or destroyed.

Author: Muller Carl
ISBN-10: 0140230319
ISBN-13: 9780140230314
Publisher: India Penguin
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Size: 7.79h x 5.00w x 0.47d
By Muller Carl
By Muller Carl
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Carl Muller served in the Royal Ceylon Navy, the Ceylon Army and the Port of Colombo as a pilot station signalman. In advertising briefly, he was also involved in the travel trade, and donned the robes of an entertainer. A pianist and a journalist, Carl Muller has a large number of published titles, ranging from poetry to science fiction, under his belt. His Burgher novels earned him special acclaim, especially the first one, The Jam Fruit Tree, which won the Gratiaen Memorial Prize, 1993, for the best work of English literature by a Sri Lankan. He has also won the State Literary Award for his historical novel, Children of the Lion.

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