Relative Merits: A Personal Memoir of the Bandarabaike Family of Sri Lanka

By Yasmine Gooneratne

This fascinating memoir by a member of one of Sri Lanka's ruling families . . . recounts the story of a 'Golden Age of innocence' . . . Here, too, are poignant stories of courtships, family feuds and fading fortunes.--New York Times Book Review. 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.--Library Journal.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312670370
• ISBN13: 9780312670375
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"