- New York Times reviewed, English literature, death, war
"A young man journeys into Sri Lanka's formerly war-torn north, and into a country's soul, in this searing novel of love and the legacy of war from the award-winning author of The Story of a Brief Marriage.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Anuk Arudpragasam
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Hogarth, Crown/Archetype, Granta Publications Ltd
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781783788989
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