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Shyam selvadurai was born in 1965 in colombo, sri lanka. Selvadurai has written for the canadian television shows many voices and inside voices and contributed to several journals and anthologies. Swimming in the monsoon sea ebook by shyam selvadurai. Smith books in canada first novel award and the lambda literary award in the united states. Selvadurai has captured horrifyingly well the airlessness of a society in which only a few are truly able to breathe, and deeply mary loudon, the times.
I havent burst out crying without a warning at any book since the farming of bones by edwidge danticat. Smith books in canada first novel award as well as the lamda literary award, and. Shyam selvadurai is a novelist and writer for television. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Read funny boy a novel by shyam selvadurai available from rakuten kobo. Shyam selvadurai pieces together the best of sri lankan poetry and fiction in this anthology. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. An evocative comingofage novel about growing up gay in sri lanka during the tamilsinhalese conflictone of the countrys most turbulent and deadly periods. Smith books in canada first novel award and the lambda literary award in the us. Well written and a quick read that left me asking for more. Swimming in the monsoon sea free pdf, djvu, epub, fb2. The hungry ghosts hamilton public library overdrive. In the world of his large family, affluent tamils living in colombo, arj.
From the sinhala and tamil writers of the 1950s to diasporic writers of today, from stories of love and longing to those of brutality and death, this masterfully constructed anthology will give you a rich sense sri lankas history, its people and the stories they have to tell. Shyam selvadurai is currently considered a single author. From the sinhala and tamil writers of the 1950s to diasporic writers. An evocative comingofage novel about growing up gay in sri lanka during. The second son of a privileged family in sri lanka, he prefers staging makebelieve wedding pageants with his female cousins to battling balls with the other boys. Maybe its because of the current activism going on regarding the idp, or maybe selvadurai is just that good of a writer. Its not only because im a tamilian indian christian who has just moved away from home that this books evokes such yearning of home. Feb 23, 20 in which ishta completely botches an awardwinning authors name sorry, shyam. The hungry ghosts kindle edition by selvadurai, shyam.
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