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Title: Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Author: MUNAWEERA NAYOMI
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 24/09/2014
Imprint: VIKING
Price: $30.00
Publishing status: Active
‘A masterful, incendiary debut.’ Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander
‘A compelling coming of age tale in paradise lost; a novel of the heart and a feast for the senses.’ Sarah Dunant, author of Blood and Beauty and The Birth of Venus
Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for. As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara’s and her siblings’ lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents’ ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between Tamil and Sinhala people; but the peace is shattered by the tragedies of war. Yasodhara’s family escapes to Los Angeles. But Yasodhara’s life has already become intertwined with a young Tamil girl’s . . .
Saraswathie is living in the active war zone of Sri Lanka, and hopes to become a teacher. But her dreams for the future are abruptly stamped out when she is arrested by a group of Sinhala soldiers and pulled into the very heart of the conflict that she has tried so hard to avoid – a conflict that, eventually, will connect her and Yasodhara in unexpected ways.
‘By turns tender, beautiful, and devastating, Island of A Thousand Mirrors is a deeply resonant tale of an unraveling Sri Lanka. Incredibly moving, complex, and with prose you may want to eat, this debut is a triumph.’ NoViolet Bulawayo, award-winning author of We Need New Names
ISBN: 9780670077793
Pages: 256