{"product_id":"3235-all-is-burning","title":"All is Burning","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Jean Arasanayagam\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1995\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 417\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140251685\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume carries nineteen stories of rare power from the heart of war-ravaged Sri Lanka.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these stories, the author, brings us voices that are not normally heard: those of anonymous men and women searching for order and reason in the midst of a ruthless civil war.  While many succumb to the horror of their times, there are others who discover in themselves unexpected reserves that will help them survive.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThus a young Sinhala man turns his back on an aimless upper-class existence and joins a group of Tamil refugees smuggling themselves into Germany; a woman goes out alone to the scene of a carnage to try and find daughter's lover among the dead and dying; a maid returns from the rich desert city of Doha to the green half-jungle of her village in northern Sri Lanka and rediscovers happiness despite the uncertain future . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to stories about the effects of war and violence, this collection also explores aspects of ethnicity and individual choice in a multicultural society.  All is Burning is truth-telling at its poignant best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Arasanayagam is one of the most significant voices writing in Sri Lanka today.  Her fiction is deeply political in the very best sense of the word, concerned as it is with personal politics of post-colonial identity.  Her luminous prose enables her to go straight to the core of her characters' social dilemmas.                                                            - - Prof. John Thieme, Department of English, The University of Hull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Arasanayagam's writing contains some of the most powerful and truthful stories to come out of Sri Lanka . . . She is a wonderful writer and should be read everywhere.           - - Michael Ondaatje, author of the Booker Prize winning The English Patient\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Jean Arasanayagam \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785303175337,"sku":"3235","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/2951.jpg?v=1625520285","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/3235-all-is-burning","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}