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Lay Bare the Roots / Martin Wickramasinghe ; [translated from the Sinhalese by Lakshmi de Silva].
LIBRA PK2859.W5 Z513 1968
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wickramasinghe, Martin, 1890-1976, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Ape-Gama. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wickramasinghe, Martin, 1890-1976.
- Wickramasinghe, Martin.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- [8], 111, [1] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Manufacture:
- Wellawaite : Wesley Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Colombo : M. D. Gunasena, Ltd., [1968]
- Contents:
- The world of childhood
- The jungle hunters
- Tragedy for toads
- A children's picnic
- A rustic in town
- Discovering a new world
- A premature knowledge
- A robust villager
- A new fairy-land
- Tales of Kiribaba
- Devil dancing
- Village craftsmen
- A curiosity shop
- A religious festival
- Yarns
- The Nadagam players
- The procession passes.
- Notes:
- "Illustrations by Sybil Wettasinghe. Cover design by B. S. Weerasinghe"--Title page verso.
- Translation of Apē Gama (romanized form) "written in Sinhalese and first published in 1940 and reprinted twenty one times till 1963".
- "First Published 1968"--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- PK2859.W5.Z513 1968: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by the Gerald Weales Estate has label "To Prof. Gerald Weales! Dept. of English ... 20th Nov 1970" pasted to page [1].
- OCLC:
- 606193
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