Brotherless Night

Author(s): V V Ganeshananthan

Location(s): Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Later 20th Century

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Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war tears through her hometown of Jaffna, her dream takes her on a different path as she sees those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. Desperate to act, she must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm?

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Lead Review (Brotherless Night)

Author: tripfiction

Longlisted for the Women’s Prize (Fiction) 2024 AND shortlisted for the prestigious Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. I have recently visited Sri Lanka, and it is a country recovering from all kinds of difficulties and I really wanted to...

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Fiction and reality

Author: lpcowcher

This is a magnificent book, drawing on years of research and eye-witness account to create fiction that describes fact. There is a narrative focus on the impact of the civil war on communities and women in particular. On addition...

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Lead Review (Brotherless Night)

Author: tripfiction

Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan, novel set in later 20th Century Sri Lanka. Longlisted for the Women’s Prize (Fiction) 2024 AND shortlisted for the prestigious Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. I have recently...

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