Michael
+This novel reads like the truth.
This is about the Sri Lankan civil war that pitted the Tamils in the northern part of the island against the majority Sinhala as told by Sashki. Sashki, a Tamil, is 16 at the beginning of the novel, and in her 40s when the novel ends. Her dearest wish is to become a doctor, but she is caught up in the war which delays her studies. She has 4 brothers: 2 die, one is lost to her in a different way, one escapes to London. Although she works with the Tamils in their field clinic, she ends up documenting the absolute horrors of the war, not sparing the Tamils, the Sinhalas, or the soldiers sent by India to keep the peace, who end up being just as bad as everyone else.
Some of the characters are based on real people. I can’t imagine being as brave as they were.
What an inadequate synopsis.
This novel is about loyalty, family bonds, hatred, politics, and violence.
It is about how terrible things can become when people become blindly righteous when they feel that they are fighting for what is right. It is about how they leave their humanity behind. It is about how terrorists are born.
+This novel reads like the truth.
This is about the Sri Lankan civil war that pitted the Tamils in the northern part of the island against the majority Sinhala as told by Sashki. Sashki, a Tamil, is 16 at the beginning of the novel, and in her 40s when the novel ends. Her dearest wish is to become a doctor, but she is caught up in the war which delays her studies. She has 4 brothers: 2 die, one is lost to her in a different way, one escapes to London. Although she works with the Tamils in their field clinic, she ends up documenting the absolute horrors of the war, not sparing the Tamils, the Sinhalas, or the soldiers sent by India to keep the peace, who end up being just as bad as everyone else.
Some of the characters are based on real people. I can’t imagine being as brave as they were.
What an inadequate synopsis.
This novel is about loyalty, family bonds, hatred, politics, and violence.
It is about how terrible things can become when people become blindly righteous when they feel that they are fighting for what is right. It is about how they leave their humanity behind. It is about how terrorists are born.