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Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize“Brave...Brilliant...This is a book that makes one kneel before the elegance of the human spirit and the yearning that is at the essence of every life.” —The New York Times Book Review'One of the best books I have read in years.'—Colm ToibinTwo and a half decades into a devastating civil war, Sri Lanka's Tamil minority is pushed inexorably towards the coast by the advancing army. Amongst the evacuees is Dinesh, whose world has contracted to a makeshift camp where time is measured by the shells that fall around him like clockwork. Alienated from family, home, language, and body, he exists in a state of mute acceptance, numb to the violence around him, till he is approached one morning by an old man who makes an unexpected proposal: that Dinesh marry his daughter, Ganga. Marriage, in this world, is an attempt at safety, like the beached fishing boat under which Dinesh huddles during the bombings. As a couple, they would be less likely to be conscripted to fight for the rebels, and less likely to be abused in the case of an army victory. Thrust into this situation of strange intimacy and dependence, Dinesh and Ganga try to come to terms with every
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- Author
- Anuk Arudpragasam
- Publisher
- New York: Flatiron Books
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781250072405
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.76 / 5 (765 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14