A Sinhala novel by Devidu Ranabahu, written entirely in Sinhala with no English text. Readers outside Sri Lanka should be clear on that before ordering: this is a book for someone who reads the language comfortably.
The story brings together two people. One is a woman moving past the tears and pain of her earlier life, and past the conventional barriers set in her way, in search of her own self-respect. The other is a man carrying secrets from his past that he keeps locked away. The novel follows their meeting, the protection and steady love the man brings into her life, and the way fortunes shift once that warmth enters the picture. Ranabahu writes it as an interior, emotionally driven work rather than a plot-led one — the account of a life that opens out while holding on to its dignity.
It is a full-length work of popular Sinhala romantic fiction, the kind of novel widely read at home and much harder to find abroad. For Sri Lankan readers living overseas, and for anyone learning to read Sinhala prose at length, it offers a contemporary voice in the language rather than a translation or a classic reprint.
Published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a long-established Colombo publisher and bookseller issuing titles in Sinhala and English.
- Author: Devidu Ranabahu
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 393
- ISBN: 9789552134555
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