A collection of short stories from the pen of Sri Chandraratne Manawasinghe, published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The book is written entirely in Sinhala, with no English text, so it will suit readers who are comfortable in the language or who are building a Sinhala literary library abroad.
The publisher describes the pieces as carrying the reader into unfamiliar settings, and identifies in them the conviction that ran through Manawasinghe's thinking: that art exists to serve the good of humankind. That idea is what holds the collection together, and it surfaces in the stories themselves rather than being argued directly.
Manawasinghe is a familiar name in twentieth-century Sinhala letters, known as a poet and lyricist as well as a writer of prose. For readers of Sinhala literature overseas, and for Sri Lankan families wanting their children to read the language rather than only speak it, this is one of the shorter-form works through which his writing can be approached.
- Author: Sri Chandraratne Manawasinghe
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552104268
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