<p>In these stories, the author reveals lives shaped by the exotic, brutal country of his birth, Sri Lanka - a country in which everyone is frightened. "Reef" is the story of love in a spoiled paradise told by Triton, who as the age of 11 escapes from his family to work as a houseboy.</p>

Reef

Literature & Fiction

ROMESH GUNESEKERA

Literary

Penguin Putnam~trade

A Sri Lankan, Romesh Gunesekera grew up in surroundings of natural beauty but in a society disoriented by sudden savage acts of terrorism and the constant threat of civil war. In these stories he reveals lives shaped by the exotic, brutal country of his birth.

Monkfish moon

Granta Books

Noontide Toll

Penguin??Books

Contemporary

Penguin/Ebury Press

Penguin books.India

Sand Glass

Gunesekera, Romesh

Genre Fiction

Viking Pr

Heaven's Edge

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

The Match

BLOOMSBURY

When Lucy Gladwell arrives in Mauritius from England to live with her aunt and uncle in their grand plantation house, her mind is full of the poems of Keats and tales of romance . She is nonetheless unprepared for the beauty, fecundity and otherness of this island paradise between Africa and India, where she is to be waited on hand and foot by servants and free to let her thoughts drift on the sea breeze. If only they did not drift to such problematic subjects as the restrictions of colonial society, or the bigoted outbursts of her uncle, or the disquieting attractions of Don Lambodar, a young translator from Ceylon, himself entangled in thoughts of iniquity and desire and facing a decision which could risk his precarious position. Under the surface there is growing unease. For it is 1825: Britain has wrested power from France and is shipping convict labour across the Indian Ocean. The age of slavery is coming to its messy end. Word is lapping against the shores of the island - of revolts in Europe and the Americas, and of a charismatic new Indian leader who will shine the light of liberty. For Lucy, for Don, for everyone on the island, a devastating storm is coming... In this bold novel of intimate passions and colliding destinies, Romesh Gunesekera weaves together the story of two young lovers in search of freedom, and the eloquence of the bonded heart.

The Prisoner of Paradise

Prisoner of Paradise

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