book review
An enriching, yet gut-wrenching debut
I went in with my eyes wide open, knowing the subject would be dark, unaware of the treatment of it by this woman with a dazzling smile who asked me to review it within an hour of meeting her. Growing up in India, some latitudes north of the Sri… Read More »An enriching, yet gut-wrenching debut
The Lament of the Dhobi Woman by Karen Roberts reviewed by Chalani Ranwala
Among the heart wrenching tales of war torn Sri Lanka, heroic memoirs of migration into foreign lands and recollections of a distant colonial past, emerges a new genre of Sri Lankan writing; the now, the present, the residue of what generations have left behind. This includes depictions of the modern… Read More »The Lament of the Dhobi Woman by Karen Roberts reviewed by Chalani Ranwala
Evocative thoughts of Motherland
There must be lots of others like myself, who have no literary pretensions, yet who enjoy and respond to poetry. Not always, in my case, for I have to confess I feel out of my depth with some kinds of modern verse. I have the temerity to try to… Read More »Evocative thoughts of Motherland
In the Same Boat by Channa Wickremesekera
Why has it been difficult to write of this novel, In the same boat, slight in frame and simple and direct in approach? While I finished the novel in one go, whenever I sat down to write about it, it proved a difficult task. Of course from the beginning I knew… Read More »In the Same Boat by Channa Wickremesekera
Another book review of Learning to Fly
Learning to Fly– by Shehani Gomes What view of adolescent love could be glimpsed when brought to life thorough the point of view of a girl who describes herself as “a bit of a freak”? Definitely not your average adolescent love story. Shehani Gomes’ debut novel- Learning to Fly, having… Read More »Another book review of Learning to Fly
Learning to Fly by Shehani Gomes, book review by Lakmali Gunawardene
In the time given to her to thank, at the launch of her first novel, a very young woman writer, described as “exceptionally perceptive” in the striking back cover of the book, called herself rather “eccentric”, and confessed to having “dropped out” of law-school. She also revealed that while others… Read More »Learning to Fly by Shehani Gomes, book review by Lakmali Gunawardene