Brotherless Night
Paperback
Rs 1119
Currently not available.
Request this book.| Genre: | Fiction |
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| Language: | English |
Paperback | |
| ISBN13: | 9780241611081 |
| ISBN10: | 0241611083 |
| Pages: | 368 |
| Dimensions: | 6.02 x 9.21 x 1.02 inches |
| Weight: | 445.09 g |
| Published: | May 04, 2023 |
| Edition: | 1 |
About the Book
"A heartbreaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war. This beautiful, nuanced novel follows a young doctor caught within conflicting ideologies as she tries to save lives. I couldn't put this book down" BRIT BENNETT, bestselling author of THE VANISHING HALF Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war subsumes Sri Lanka, her dream takes her on a different path as she watches those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their best friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. She must ask is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm?"With immense compassion and deep moral complexity, V. V. Ganeshananthan brings us an achingly moving portrait of individual and societal grief. "I want you to understand," the narrator of BROTHERLESS NIGHT insists, and by the end of this blazingly brilliant novel, we that in a world full of turmoil, human connections and shared stories can teach us how - and as importantly, why - to survive" CELESTE NG, bestselling author of LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE"Stunningly great" Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of RODHAM, via Twitter