A small book built around a single story, one of many told about Andare — the figure held to have lived at a Sri Lankan royal court in the past, and remembered in Sinhala folk tradition as a court wit. The Andare stories work through humour, and the laughter usually carries a sting: the joke is also a piece of satire, aimed at someone who deserved it.
This volume is written entirely in Sinhala, with no English text, so buyers outside Sri Lanka should be confident of reading the language before ordering. It is published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, an established Colombo house with a long presence in Sinhala-language publishing.
For readers who grew up with these tales, or for Sinhala-speaking families abroad who want their children to meet Andare in the original language rather than in translation, this is one of the stories in the cycle, issued on its own in a short, self-contained book.
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552120312
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