A review by nabilahs
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
4.0
A Passage North is shortlisted for The 2021 Booker Prize and deserved to make it into the list.
An English language book with Sri Lanka's writer, a big YES. Glad that I pick up this book, where I can learn more on Tamil lit and poems.
The story tells us about Krishan's breathtaking train journey to Northern Province in Sri Lanka after he received news the death of his grandmother's caretaker, Rani. Along the train journey, Krishan reminisces the old memories about his past lover, Sri Lanka war trauma, and meditation.
Anuk uses the coma style instead of a full stop (period style), in which one sentence could take 2 pages to describe the inner voice. To be surprised, this book only has 1 dialogue, in format of lit fiction. The author depicts in detail how Rani still suffered from war trauma (SLA war) in 2008 - 2009.
A Passage North prolly one of the most introspective books I've ever read this year. A meditative and reflective prose with the prime themes of religion, war and self-conscious, A Passage North is one of my favorite lit fictions.
An English language book with Sri Lanka's writer, a big YES. Glad that I pick up this book, where I can learn more on Tamil lit and poems.
The story tells us about Krishan's breathtaking train journey to Northern Province in Sri Lanka after he received news the death of his grandmother's caretaker, Rani. Along the train journey, Krishan reminisces the old memories about his past lover, Sri Lanka war trauma, and meditation.
Anuk uses the coma style instead of a full stop (period style), in which one sentence could take 2 pages to describe the inner voice. To be surprised, this book only has 1 dialogue, in format of lit fiction. The author depicts in detail how Rani still suffered from war trauma (SLA war) in 2008 - 2009.
A Passage North prolly one of the most introspective books I've ever read this year. A meditative and reflective prose with the prime themes of religion, war and self-conscious, A Passage North is one of my favorite lit fictions.