This is a Sinhala translation of work by Khalil Gibran, made by Ananda Amarasiri and published in Colombo by Godage. The whole text is in Sinhala — there is no English in it — so it will suit readers who read the language comfortably, or those building a Sinhala-language shelf at home or abroad.
The National Library of Sri Lanka catalogues the book under Arabic fiction and Arabic short stories, which places it among Gibran's Arabic-language writing rather than the English books he later became associated with. Gibran, born in Lebanon and later resident in the United States, wrote in both languages across his life, and his Arabic prose has long circulated separately from the English work.
For a reader approaching Gibran through Sinhala rather than through English intermediaries, a translation from a Colombo house gives the text in a register shaped for a local readership.
Godage International Publishers is an established Colombo publisher issuing titles in Sinhala and English, with a long list in literature and translation.
Of interest to readers of Sinhala literature in translation, to those following Gibran's Arabic writing, and to Sri Lankan families overseas keeping Sinhala books within reach of the next generation.
- Author: Ananda Amarasiri
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 85
- ISBN: 9789552048098
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