Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war tears through her hometown of Jaffna, her dream takes her on a different path as she sees those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. Desperate to act, she must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm?
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- V. V. Ganeshananthan
- First published
- 2023
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Penguin Books, Limited, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780241997673
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