This is a Sinhala-language retelling of the story of Veera Madduma Bandara, written by Lal Premanath De Mel and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The text is entirely in Sinhala, so it will suit readers who are comfortable in the language, or families keeping Sinhala reading alive at home.
The episode it recounts is a familiar one in Sri Lankan history: a boy condemned to death by order of the king. The account turns on the contrast at the heart of the story — grown men and women around the child weeping and afraid, while the boy himself does not waver. De Mel sets out that moment as the story of a hero, which is how Madduma Bandara has been remembered.
Because the subject is so widely taught and so often repeated in Sri Lanka, this is the kind of title bought both for children beginning to read Sinhala prose independently and for readers abroad who want a copy of a story they grew up hearing. M. D. Gunasena is a long-established Sri Lankan publisher and bookseller working in Sinhala and English.
- Author: Lal Premanath De Mel
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552102134
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