![]() ![]() It won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia. It was short-listed for the DSC Prize and the Northern California Book Prize. Fictionalised accounts make one wonder whether the “other” is really that different from us.įilled with lush sensual imagery, Nayomi Munaweera’s debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, is one such book and was deservedly long-listed for the Man Asia Literary Prize and the Dublin IMPAC Prize. ![]() ![]() Reading these stories is often a cathartic experience that helps one come to terms with the effects of communal violence to understand how someone who was once close friends with you can suddenly turn against you. In a global context, people still write extensively about the Second World War, and analogously, in a local context, it is equally normal for Lankan writers to set their stories within the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war. For years to follow, it is quite natural for people to write stories about events that traumatised them. ![]()
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