Arudpragasam’s ability to portray human emotions and behaviour has brought the two characters to life in a very natural way. There are times when the detailing overtakes the storyline and it’s difficult to reconnect if you are not reading this book in one sitting.Īnd that is where the author has shown some bravery, because not everyone can take a risk like that. For a reader who loves to explore every detail of an act, the surrounding, the past and the present, this novel is a piece worth treasuring. For an impatient reader, it might seem like a never-ending description. Every incident, every act - something as basic as a scene of a man taking a bath - runs over many pages. However, the word ‘brief’ translates into a day in the book and is explained in great detail. It is a very unlikely term for an upbeat story. The author, Anuk Arudpragasam, gives away the tone of book with the title - ‘brief marriage’. And so begins The Story of a Brief Marriage. The young girl, who lost her mother and brother to the war, also lives in the camp and volunteers at the clinic to tend to the wounded and help the staff, just like Dinesh. The man asks him to marry his daughter Ganga.
While living in a temporary camp near a clinic, he is approached by a man with a strange request - strange for such turbulent times. He has also survived the daily shelling that kills and maims many. Publisher: Fourth Estate (imprint of Harper Collins)ĭinesh is a young man who has survived the civil war in Sri Lanka and escaped the eyes of the establishment that has sent every fit and healthy man to fight the war.
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