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A Passage North
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Neil Shah
About this listen
It begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother's former care-giver, Rani, has died in unexpected circumstances, at the bottom of a well in her village in the north, her neck broken by the fall. The news arrives on the heels of an email from Anjum, an activist he fell in love with four years earlier while living in Delhi, bringing with it the stirring of distant memories and desires. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from Colombo into the war-torn Northern Province for the funeral, so begins a passage into the soul of an island devastated by violence.
Written with precision and grace, A Passage North is a poignant memorial for the missing and the dead, and a luminous meditation on time, consciousness and the lasting imprint of the connections we make with others.
©2021 Anuk Arudpragasam (P)2021 W F HowesCritic Reviews
“Mesmerizing, political, intimate, unafraid - this is a superb novel.” (Sunjeev Sahota, author of the Booker shortlisted The Year of the Runaways)
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- Anonymous User
- 01-10-2021
a great book
great narrator for a beautiful book.... amazing writing, compelling themes of what it means to live, to witness, to love and to be free. so glad that this book exists, vital to literature about Sri Lanka.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-03-2023
Moving and a political struggle I knew very little
One of the most moving and poetic books I have listened to in a long time.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-02-2023
Evocative and an emotional book
Such an insightful tale about grief and the Sri Lankan conflict. I would recommend this book to those who want to explore trauma resulting from the Sri Lankan conflict. Also, I would recommend it to readers who enjoyed a guide of small things.
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- Anna
- 11-07-2022
Incredible
The story was thought provoking, insightful and incredibly moving. The language used was also beautiful and poetic. Narrated perfectly.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-11-2023
Loved it
Loved the story and the narration. Learnt about the recent history of Sri Lanka through this well written poetic story.
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