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The socio-political transformation of Sri Lanka that began in the 1970s, and continued for several decades thereafter, has been a major factor in shaping a literature that brought new and innovative forms of expression. This anthology brings together around forty poems, fifteen short stories, and one play in translation by eminent Sri Lankan literateurs, scholars, and translators dealing with Sri Lankan life at home and abroad spanning a period of sixty years. Voicing the agony, anxiety, and hardship of migration from different perspectives, this broadly representative collection is an important contribution to the study of exile literature.

About the Author:
(Late) Chelva Kanaganayakam was former Professor of English at the University of Toronto.


Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction POETRY Mahakavi (1927–1971) Ahalikai The Chariot and the Moon Neelaavanan (1931–1975) Sleep T. Ramalingam (1933–2008) Caste and Lust The Future R. Murugaiyan (1935–2009) Variations Toil Shanmugam Sivalingam (1936–2012) At the Intersection To the Spring Blossom of Polar Land S. Sivasegaram (1942–) Ahalya Butterflies of My Dreams The Gecko M.A. Nuhman (1944–) Last Evening, This Morning V.I.S. Jayapalan (1944–) Land of the Singing Fish To a Childhood Sinhalese Friend A. Jesurasa (1946–) Vortex M. Pushparajan (1947–) Phoenix Uprooting Puthuvai Ratnathurai (1948–) December, a Thing of Beauty Yearning S. Vilvaratnam (1950–2006) The Sea The Moon’s Echo Ki. Pi. Aravinthan (1953–2015) Stare at the Sky Dreams and the Sea Thirumavalavan (1955–2015) River The Weaver-bird’s Nest Solaikkili (1957–) The Story of a Golden River R. Cheran (1960–) Yaman When I Die and Depart Healing the Forest Cheliyan (1960–) On a Rainy Day S. Karunagaran (1963–) Whose Home? Vinothini Satchithananthan (1969–) The Storyteller P. Ahilan (1970–) Lament of a Mother Transience Faheema Jahan (1973–) After the Destruction An Abandoned Soul Nadchathran Chev-Inthiyan (1974–) Until My Wineglass Is Empty Rashmy Ahmad Mohammad (1974–) Calamity Anar (1974–) Absence My Sister’s Laughter Was Like a Bird in Flight DRAMA Kuzhanthai M. Shanmugalingam (1931–) The Land of Our Parents FICTION Theliwatte Joseph (1934–) Deformity S. Kathirgamanathan (1942–1972) They Can Only Sigh C. Yoganathan (1942–2008) The Hungry Ones M.L.M. Mansoor (1950–) Laments of the Purdah Sritharan (1947–) Ramasamy Ranjakumar Somapala (1959–) Kosalai Uma Varatharajan (1956–) The Advent of the King Kunthavai (1941–) The Dispossessed A. Ravi (1960–) The Crow of Bremen Town Siddhartha ‘Che’ Guevara (1965–) Kamikaze Parthipan (1964–) The Island Kumar Moorthy (1956–2001) The Last Chapter Chandra Ravindran (1963–) Childhood Shoba Sakthi (1967–) Friday Appadurai Muttulingam (1937–) The American Girl About the Editor, Contributors, and Translators


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199464678
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Depth: 13
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 299 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199464677
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 213 mm
  • No of Pages: 296
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Selections from Tamil Literature in Sri Lanka
  • Width: 142 mm


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