This is a Sinhala book. The text is entirely in Sinhala, so a reader will need to be comfortable in the language to use it.
The subject is Robin Hood, the hero and outlaw of English folklore — a figure celebrated for his skill with the bow and with the sword, and remembered above all for taking from the wealthy and sharing what he took among the poor. That habit is what made him a hero to ordinary people. The character began to gain popularity in the medieval period and grew over time through a succession of literary works that added to the story. Whether he existed at all remains an open question: some hold that Robin Hood is purely a figure of imagination, while others maintain that such a man genuinely lived.
David Karunaratne has compiled the story woven around this character into Sinhala. The book is published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a Colombo publishing house with a long presence in Sinhala and English publishing in Sri Lanka.
It will suit Sinhala readers who want the Robin Hood legend in their own language — younger readers meeting the outlaw of Sherwood for the first time, and adults curious to see how a staple of English storytelling reads when carried across into Sinhala. Buyers abroad with Sinhala-reading children at home may find it a useful addition to a shelf of story books.
- Author: David Karunaratne
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 978-955-21-0222-7
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