.png){kind=logo}
25%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Brotherless Night
V. V. Ganeshananthan
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Brotherless Night
Paperback.
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024
'A masterpiece of historical fiction' MONICA ALI, chair of judges for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war tears through her hometown of Jaffna, her dream takes her on a different path as she sees those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. Desperate to act, she must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
General
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241997673
SKU
9780241997673
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About V. V. Ganeshananthan
V. V. Ganeshananthan is the author of Love Marriage, which was longlisted for the Women's Prize in 2008. Her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, and The Atlantic Monthly, among others. BROTHERLESS NIGHT draws on 16 years of research into the Sri Lankan civil war. Since 2017, Ganeshananthan has co-hosted a podcast called FICTION/NON/FICTION with novelist Whitney ... Read more
Reviews for Brotherless Night
Brotherless Night is a brilliant, compelling and deeply moving novel that bears witness to the intimate and epic-scale tragedies of the Sri Lankan civil war. In rich, evocative prose, Ganeshananthan creates a vivid sense of time and place and an indelible cast of characters. Her commitment to complexity and clear-eyed moral scrutiny combines with spellbinding storytelling to render Brotherless Night ... Read more