Brotherless Night

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION "A heart-breaking 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 herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: V V Ganeshananthan, V. V. Ganeshananthan
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.2024
• EAN: 9780241997673
• ISBN: 978-0-241-99767-3
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Sri Lanka, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Political, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Sri Lanka (Ceylon), FICTION / World Literature / Southeast Asia