![]() ![]() It brings Ezra Pound’s notion of periplum―the shoreline as seen by the sailor, not as it appears on the map―to the terrain of war. ![]() “Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage is a devastating account of political violence that refuses the grand abstractions of political discourse and dwells instead in complicated moments of intimacy―and in the ragged, luminous particulars of physical experience. Rather, it demands that we pay this war and these people what they are owed―our careful attention, some subtle noticing.” “ written.It has the aura of a small, timeless masterpiece.The novel does not attempt to normalize fear or violence. This may be the shortest book I read all year but it lodged in my brain more than almost any other.” I have never seen such horror rendered with such poetry. “The novel is set in the Sri Lankan civil war, but it could just as easily be Syria, Somalia or Yemen. “An exceptional debut.Beautiful and penetrating and truthful: a small work of art whittled from atrocity.” ![]() ![]() “ is a book that makes one kneel before the elegance of the human spirit and the yearning that is at the essence of every life.” Named a Best Book of 2016 by NPR, The Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, The Financial Times, The Globe and Mail, and Entropy Magazine Named One of the Top 10 Novels of 2016 by The Wall Street Journal ![]()
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