Andare is a figure from Sri Lanka's past, held to have lived at the royal court, and the stories told about him have circulated in Sinhala ever since. This is a short book carrying one such story built around that character.
What the Andare stories produce is humour, and alongside it satire — the laughter has a point to make. That double quality is what has kept the character in circulation, and it is the quality this telling works with.
The book is written entirely in Sinhala, with no English text, so it will suit readers who are comfortable in the language or who are building a Sinhala-language collection abroad. It is published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, an established Colombo publishing house.
For Sri Lankan families settled overseas, books of this kind are often the first point of contact a younger reader has with a character their parents and grandparents grew up hearing about, and they are frequently sought from outside the island for exactly that reason.
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552120374
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