V. V. Ganeshanathan
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V. V. Ganeshananthan served for a year as the Writer in Residence at Phillips Exeter Academy.
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Værker af V. V. Ganeshanathan
Hippocrates (in Granta 109 - FREEMAN) 1 eksemplar
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Many Roads Through Paradise: An Anthology Of Sri Lankan Literature (translation) (2014) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
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- Columbia University (MA|Journalism)
University of Iowa (MFA) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Orange Prize Long List
Washington Post Book World's Best of 2008
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But then war breaks out between the ethnic Tamil minority and the Sinhalese government. It quickly becomes bloody and the families are swept up in the maelstrom of fighting and death of protracted civil war.
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One of the Tamil groups, the Tamil Tigers fight not only the government groups but other Tamil groups. One brother is killed; three of the group join the Tigers. The girl, Sashi, from whose perspective the story is told. goes on to medical school but is also swept up into helping the Tigers when the neighbor boy K brings her a wounded Tiger to help.
There is no place to hide. Childhood homes are destroyed or commandeered. Friends, acquaintances and teachers die, and even the Indian troops brought in to establish order rape and pillage.
Finally, although a lucky few Tamils have escaped to other countries, the Tamil civilians are caught between the Tamil Tigers making a last stand at the ocean’s edge and the Sinhalese troops. Each side kills the civilians trying to escape.
This is an intense, devastating novel detailing the complexities of this civil war – making it understandable and human. The characters were diverse, believable and well rounded. I mourned the deaths in this novel and I was sad when the story was over. 5 stars… (mere)