The Story of a Brief Marriage: Arudpragasam Anuk

The Story of a Brief Marriage: Arudpragasam Anuk

by Anuk Arudpragasam (Author)

Synopsis

Dinesh is a young man trapped on the frontlines between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers. Desensitized to the horror all around him, life has been pared back to the essentials: eat, sleep, survive. All this changes when he is approached one morning by an older man who asks him to marry his daughter Ganga, hoping that victorious soldiers will be less likely to harm a married woman. For a few brief hours, Dinesh and Ganga tentatively explore their new and unexpected connection, trying to understand themselves and each other, until the war once more closes over them. Told in meditative, nuanced and powerful prose, this shattering novel marks the arrival of an extraordinary new literary voice.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: 1
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 06 Jul 2017

ISBN 10: 1783782382
ISBN 13: 9781783782383
Book Overview: An unforgettable novel set during the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war, portraying the struggle to create a human relationship when being human has become impossible

Author Bio
ANUK ARUDPRAGASAM is from Colombo, Sri Lanka and is currently working towards a doctorate in philosophy at Columbia University. He writes in English and Tamil. This is his first novel.