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Author : Nandasēna Ratnapāla
Release : 1999
Genre : Beggars
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Beggar in Sri Lanka by : Nandasēna Ratnapāla
Download or read book The Beggar in Sri Lanka written by Nandasēna Ratnapāla. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randy Boyagoda
Release : 2012-11-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 856/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Beggar's Feast by : Randy Boyagoda
Download or read book Beggar's Feast written by Randy Boyagoda. This book was released on 2012-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Kandy, born to low prospects in a Ceylon village in 1899, dies a hundred years later as the wealthy headman of the same village - a self-made shipping magnate and the father of sixteen, who's been married three times and widowed twice. Told in four parts, this enthralling novel traces Sam's story from his boyhood - when his parents, convinced by his horoscope that he'd be a blight upon the family, abandoned him at the gates of a distant temple - through to his dramatic escape from the temple, his daring journey across Ceylon to Australia and Singapore, and his bold return to the Ceylon village he once called home. There, he tries to win recognition for his success in the world - at any cost. A novel about family, pride, and ambition set on a gorgeous, troubled island caught between tradition and modernity, Beggar's Feast establishes Boyagoda as a major voice in international literature.
Author : William McGowan
Release : 1992
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Only Man is Vile by : William McGowan
Download or read book Only Man is Vile written by William McGowan. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist's account of his extensive travels in Sri Lanka and portrayal of the Sri Lankans who carry on in the midst of conflict and strife between warring factions of Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamils.
Author : Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani
Release : 2016-08-12
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 206/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Naked Beggar by : Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani
Download or read book The Naked Beggar written by Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani. This book was released on 2016-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since man started to create stories, there has existed a seemingly invisible yet eternal bond between fictional tales woven out of words and the actual truth. It is undeniable that the truth always reigns with magnificence and glory within any culture and its people. It is this very truth, seemingly shrouded in lies, that a writer attempts to capture and jail forever within intricate cages of letters and words. Doing this is an attempt, on his part, to relieve the heavy hearts of society from the burden of these lies. Although the need for guile exists as the requirement of the times, it is nonetheless preferred to be kept anonymous and unidentifiable. Consequently, the writer too has to alter the identity of these lies. Hence, borrowing unknown shrouds and cloaking these fibs with torn, soiled, and beleaguered words, he is forced to present them as being true. The Naked Beggar and Other Stories is also a similar attempt of a writer to go within the heart of truth and weave out tales that, though born of honesty, cannot be presented as anything else but falsehood. That is the need of the time, and it is the only way these truths will ever be accepted. These stories are strewn all about us but are visible only to the discerning eye and a sensitive heart. Mans intellect can only attempt to capture the essence of these tales. It is ultimately up to the human heart to inject meaning and life into them. For this reason, this collection is not just stories but living beings that have the potential to touch our lives as potently as mortals do. Should the circumambulation of the world seem tedious and wearisome, and should you feel the need to slow down and look inside your heart for peace rather than search for it in the meaningless rowdiness around you, then the stories in this collection will not disappoint you.
Author : Michael Ondaatje
Release : 2011-03-23
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 646/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Running in the Family by : Michael Ondaatje
Download or read book Running in the Family written by Michael Ondaatje. This book was released on 2011-03-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer.
