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The Jungle and the Sea

By S. Shakthidharan

The Jungle and the Sea

By S. Shakthidharan

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War makes things of people. The Jungle and the Sea is about a family who refuse to become things while they are still alive. When violence escalates between the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a Tamil mother vows to remain blindfolded until her family is together once again. Gowrie, Abi and Madhu search the jungles of northern Sri Lanka for estranged son Ahilan, while Siva and Lakshmi migrate to Australia for safety, awaiting their family's reunion. Separated by the ravages of civil war but buoyed by humour, playfulness and love for each other, so goes the story of many a migrant family that has wound up in Australia.Co-writers S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack continue their collaboration that began with Counting and Cracking, threading personal testimony from the Sri Lankan civil war with two ancient epics - the Mahabharatha and Sophocles' Antigone. The war may have ended in 2009, but Tamil memory endures in The Jungle and the Sea, calling together lives that eternally revolve, intertwine and bear witness to each other.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
102
Release Date:
2023-10-01
Publication Date:
2023-10-01
Publisher:
Currency Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1760628514
ISBN13:
9781760628512
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
192 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
7 cm
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