A first-person memoir, written in English by the Sri Lankan physicist and academic Osmund Jayaratne. He taught physics at the University of Colombo and was a familiar figure in Sri Lankan public and intellectual life, and this is his own account of his life rather than a biography written about him.
Memoirs by Sri Lankan scientists and university teachers are not common in print, and books of this kind tend to circulate mainly within the country. For readers abroad with an interest in the island's academic history, its universities, or the generation of Ceylonese students and professionals who came of age around independence, a personal record of this sort is the sort of thing that is difficult to come by outside Colombo.
The text is in English throughout, so no translation is needed, and the author was writing for a general readership rather than for specialists in his field.
Issued by Godage International Publishers, a Colombo house that publishes across Sinhala and English, with a long list in Sri Lankan history, biography and memoir. Likely to suit readers following Sri Lankan autobiography, those with a connection to the University of Colombo, and libraries and private collections building holdings in Sri Lankan lives and letters.
- Author: Osmund Jayaratne
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: English
- Pages: 167
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