When her novel did not sell she just started writing another novel. When she finished her novel in us she met many publishers to publish her novel, but no publisher is ready to publish her novel. It offers an unparalleled portrait of a beautiful land during its most difficult moments. Island of a Thousand Mirrors is her first novel, it takes ten years to write and publish her novel. Narrated by the eldest daughter of each family, the story explores how each woman negotiates war, migration, love, exile, and belonging. In the end, love and longing promise only an uneasy peace.Ī sweeping saga with the intimacy of a memoir that brings to mind epic fiction like The Kite Runner and The God of Small Things, Nayomi Munaweera's Island of a Thousand Mirrors strikes mercilessly at the heart of war. One tragic moment that defines the fate of these women and their families will haunt their choices for decades to come. Yasodhara's family escapes to Los Angeles. A family epic set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war comes to poignant and powerful life in this lyrical and riveting debut novel by Nayomi Munaweera.īefore violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families two young women, ripe for love with hopes for the future and a chance encounter that leads to the terrible heritage they must reckon with for years to come. As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara's and her siblings' lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents' ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between Tamil and Sinhala people but the peace is shattered by the tragedies of war.
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