A Sinhala novel by T.B. Ilangaratne, published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it will suit readers who are comfortable reading the language.
Through the story, Ilangaratne sets out his own view of society: that time given unselfishly to the good of others is time well spent. The novel is the vehicle for that social philosophy rather than a statement of it, and the concern runs through the writing.
Ilangaratne wrote in Sinhala for a Sinhala readership, and his fiction has remained in print with M. D. Gunasena, a publishing house long established in Colombo that issues books in Sinhala and English. For readers abroad building a shelf of twentieth-century Sinhala fiction, or for Sri Lankan families overseas keeping the language alive at home, this is a title worth having in the original.
- Author: T.B. Ilangaratne
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552109010
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