All Is Burning

All Is Burning
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 9789351180876
ISBN-13 : 9351180875
Rating : 4/5 (875 Downloads)

Book Synopsis All Is Burning by : Jean Arasanayagam

Download or read book All Is Burning written by Jean Arasanayagam and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-14 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen stories of rare power from the heart of war-ravaged Sri Lanka. In these stories Jean Arasanayagam brings us voices that are not normally heard: those of anonymous men and women searching for order and reason in the midst of a ruthless civil war. While many succumb to the horror of their times, there are others who discover in themselves unexpected reserves that will help them survive. Thus a young Sinhala man turns his back on an aimless upper-class existence and joins a group of Tamil refugees smuggling themselves into Germany; a woman goes out alone to see the scene of a carnage to try and find her daughter's lover among the dead and dying; a maid returns from the rich desert city of Doha to the green half-jungle of her village in northern Sri Lanka and rediscovers happiness despite the uncertain future... In addition to stories about the effects of war and violence, this collection also explores aspects of ethnicity and individual choice in a multicultural society. All is Burning is truth-telling at its poignant best.


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