November edit data. Nayomi Munaweera’s debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirror was long-listed for the Man Asia Literary Prize and the Dublin IMPAC Prize. It won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia and was short-listed for the Northern California Book Award. Publisher’s Weekly wrote, “Munaweera’s lyrical debut novel [is] worthy of shelving alongside her countryman Michael 4/5. In Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera writes with ferocity, fire and poetry of the incomprehensible madness of civil war and its effects upon those caught within it, whether in the villages and cities of Sri Lanka, or half a world away. A masterful, incendiary debut. In the tradition of Anil's Ghost and The God of Small Things, Nayomi Munaweera's Island of a Thousand Mirrors is an emotionally resonant saga of cultural User Interaction Count:
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! In the novel Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera, , paints the stories of intertwining characters, one of which who becomes a suicide bomber in Sri Lanka. Looking into young Saraswathi's life, Munaweera introduced her as an intelligent girl who dreamed of one day becoming a school teacher. Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera tells the story of the Sri Lankan civil war which raged from , claiming over 80, lives. The events leading up to and including the civil war between the Sinhalas and Tamils unfold in the voices of two young women on opposite sides of the ethnic divide.
Island of a Thousand Mirrors Nayomi Munaweera’s debut novel is a fiction book about the 26 year long Sri Lankan civil war and was long-listed for the Man Asia Literary Prize and the Dublin IMPAC Prize. It was short-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Northern California Book Prize. A sweeping saga with the intimacy of a memoir that brings to mind epic fiction like The Kite Runner and The God of Small Things, Nayomi Munaweera's Island of a Thousand Mirrors strikes mercilessly at the heart of war. It offers an unparalleled portrait of a beautiful land during its most difficult moments. By Nadifa Mohamed. Sept. 26, In one of the many startling scenes in “Island of a Thousand Mirrors,” Nayomi Munaweera’s first novel, a Sri Lankan girl riding the train to school is.
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