The Story of a Brief Marriage

Two and a half decades into a devastating civil war, Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority is pushed inexorably towards the coast by the advancing army. Amongst the evacuees is Dinesh, whose world has contracted…

If you like book The Story of a Brief Marriage here is the list of books you may also like

Buy this book on Amazon

Similar books (19)

Brotherless Night

In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as civil war devastates Sri Lanka.

Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But ove…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Prisoner

Buy this book on Amazon
In Winter I Get Up at Night

From one of the greatest writers of our time comes a profound and moving novel of an unforgettable life.

In the early morning dark, Emer McConnell rises for a day of teaching music in the schools of ru…
Buy this book on Amazon
Amma

Buy this book on Amazon
Anil's Ghost

Buy this book on Amazon
Funny Boy

In the world of his large family, affluent Tamils living in Colombo, Arjie is an oddity, a 'funny boy' who prefers dressing as a girl to playing cricket with his brother.

In FUNNY BOY we follow the li…
Buy this book on Amazon
Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze

Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywood's literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. She wrote…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page

Buy this book on Amazon
Now in November

Buy this book on Amazon
The Hive and the Honey: Stories

A New York Times , Time , and Literary Hub most-anticipated book of the fall.

From the beloved award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a spectacular collection of unique stories, each confronting themes o…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition

Buy this book on Amazon
Sakina’s Kiss

Venkat answers urgent knocks on the door to his flat one evening to find two insolent young men claiming to have business with his daughter Rekha. He deals with them shortly, only to find his quiet, m…
Buy this book on Amazon
Invisible

Buy this book on Amazon
The Persians

Buy this book on Amazon
Latitudes of Longing

Buy this book on Amazon
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Brilliant and original, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers introduces a remarkable new writer whose breathtaking stories are set in China and among Chinese Americans in the United States. In this rich, …
Buy this book on Amazon
An Untamed State

Mireille Duval Jameson is living a fairy tale. The strong-willed youngest daughter of one of Haiti’s richest sons, she has an adoring husband, a precocious infant son, by all appearances a perfect lif…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Gathering

Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish family and a shot of…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Grass Dancer

From the lore of her people, the Sioux, Susan Power presents an extraordinary debut novel rich in drama and infused with magic. Set on a North Dakota reservation, this book weaves the stories of the o…
Buy this book on Amazon