A Sinhala novel by Letitia Botheju, published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The whole text is in Sinhala, so it suits readers who are comfortable reading the language rather than those looking for a translation.
The central character is a child who loses a mother's love from the moment of birth. The story follows that figure through the kinds of hardship a person can meet in society, and on to the point where fortune finally turns in their favour. The publisher presents it as a novel written to put positive ideas into circulation, and the shape of the narrative — early loss, sustained difficulty, eventual good fortune — carries that intention.
Letitia Botheju writes in Sinhala for a Sinhala readership. M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publisher and bookseller with a wide list in Sinhala and English, and this title sits within its Sinhala fiction publishing.
For readers abroad who grew up with Sinhala fiction, or for anyone keeping up their reading in the language, this is a straightforward popular novel of the sort that circulates widely in Sri Lanka. It is also suitable for a reader building a shelf of contemporary Sinhala storytelling.
- Author: Letitia Botheju
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552102189
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