A young man journeys into Sri Lanka’s war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage. “[A] profound meditation on suffering . . . survivor’s guilt and war’s aftermath. In dense, hypnotic prose, Arudpragasam explores the desire for independence that enflamed the decades-long civil war, the violence…
'Akhtaruzzaman Elias would have been the toast of the global literary world had he been an English, Spanish, German or French writer' -- Imdadul Haq Milan 'I would have considered myself blessed if I could have achieved a fraction of his quality in my writing' -- Mahasweta Devi
