Dinesh is a young man trapped on the frontlines between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers. Desensitized to the horror all around him, life has been pared back to the essentials: eat, sleep, survive. All this changes when he is...

An unforgettable literary debut set during the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war, portraying two people's struggle to create a human relationship when being human has become impossible. von Arudpragasam, Anuk

A Passage North von Arudpragasam, Anuk

Winner of the 2017 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature "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...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A young man journeys into Sri Lanka's war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage. "A novel of tragic power and uncommon...

A Passage North von Arudpragasam, Anuk

A young man journeys into Sri Lanka's war-torn north, in this searing novel of love and the legacy of war from the award-winning author of The Story of a Brief Marriage."The closest we seem to get to the present are those brief moments...

Die Geschichte eines Tages im Krieg. Dinesh, ein junger Mann, versorgt Verletzte in einem Lager im Dschungel, läuft ziellos umher, denkt an seine Mutter, die getötet wurde und an deren Gesicht er sich nicht mehr erinnert. Jede Nacht...