An abridged Sinhala translation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the children's novel by L. Frank Baum. The text is in Sinhala throughout — international buyers should know that before ordering, as there is no English in it.
Baum's story is an American one, set against a distinctly American background, and it belongs to a relatively recent period compared with the older children's literature that circulates alongside it. Despite that, it has come to be held in regard around the world as a children's work of real quality, and it is on that standing that this Sinhala version draws.
Premasiri Mahingoda's translation shortens the original rather than rendering it in full, which places it among the condensed classics M. D. Gunasena issues for Sinhala readers. The publisher is an established Colombo house with a long presence in Sinhala-language publishing, and this title sits in its Gunasena Classics line.
It will suit Sinhala-reading children meeting Dorothy's journey for the first time, parents and teachers looking for well-known world literature in Sinhala rather than in English, and Sri Lankan families abroad who want their children reading in the language at home. Collectors of Sinhala translations of foreign classics will also find it of interest.
- Author: Premasiri Mahingoda
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552117008
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