Ваша оценкаIn this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as civil war devastates Sri Lanka.
Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, a vicious civil war tears through her home, and her dream spins off course as she sees her four beloved brothers and their friend K swept up in the mounting violence. Desperate to act, Sashi accepts K's invitation to work as a medic at the field hospital for the militant Tamil T...
Издательство:
ISBN:
9780812997156
Год издания:
2023
Язык:
Английский
348 pages, Hardcover
First published January 3, 2023
Возрастные ограничения:
18+
Критика
"...A searing and intimate depiction of the Sri Lankan civil war from the point of view of an aspiring doctor ... Ganeshananthan credibly captures the horrors and pain of the conflict felt by those caught between loyalties. It all makes for a convincing and illuminating war novel."
MAY-LEE CHAI, THE STAR TRIBUNE
"...Propulsive ... Ganeshananthan's attention to the small details of love, of caring, of human empathy make the reader feel deeply for all her characters ... Riveting, heartbreaking and extraordinary for both its empathetic gaze and its clear-eyed depiction of the brutality of war, Brotherless Night is a masterpiece..."
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