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As the Sri Lankan Civil War wanes, Dinesh’s life collapses into the routines of an evacuee camp where shelling marks the day. Stripped of language, home and family, he is offered a chance to revive his humanity: marrying Ganga, the daughter of an elderly camp resident. Together, they confront their own fragility and the possibility of love amid atrocity.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Anuk Arudpragasam
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