Description
It begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother's former caregiver has died. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from the Sri Lankan capital into the war-torn Northern Province for the funeral, so he travels into the soul of a country devastated by civil war.
A Passage North is a poignant memorial to the dead and an exploration of the unattainable distances between who we are and what we seek.
Endorsements
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021
'Mesmerizing, political, intimate, unafraid — this is a superb novel... that pays such close, intelligent attention to the world we all live in' — Sunjeev Sahota
'Its world is the deeply-layered, rich interior of its protagonist's mind but also contemporary Sri Lanka itself, war-scarred, traumatized ... [It] connects Arudpragasam to the great novelists of the past' — Colm Toibin
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