The Story of a Brief Marriage

Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize “Brave…Brilliant…This is a book that makes one kneel before the elegance of the human spirit and the yearning that is at the essence of every life.” ―The New York Times Book Review "One of the best books I have read in years." ―Colm Toibin Two and a half decades into a devastating civil war, Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority is pushed inexorably towards the coast by the advancing army. Amongst the evacuees is Dinesh, whose world has contracted to a makesh...