Book
The story of a brief marriage
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250072405
- ISBN: 1250072409
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Physical Description:
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193 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
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| Subject: | Married people -- Fiction Evacuation of civilians -- Sri Lanka -- Fiction Sri Lanka -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2009 -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Sinhalese fiction (English) Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | Arud (Text) | 33294001998202 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
In the last months of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Dinesh's world has contracted to an evacuee camp, where he measures his days by shells that fall like clockwork. Alienated from language, home, and family, he is brought back to life by an unexpected proposal from an old man in the camp: that he marry his daughter, Ganga. In the hours they spend together, Dinesh and Ganga attempt to awaken to one another, to reclaim their humanity. Anuk Arudpragasam's The Story of a Brief Marriage is a feat of imaginative empathy, a meditation on the bare elements of human existence that give life its pulse and purpose, even in the face of atrocity.
