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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Brotherless Night

V. V. Ganeshananthan (author)

Hardback Published on: 29/06/2023

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Stunning

How has this book not become an international bestseller? Quite one of the most beautifully written, shocking and thought provoking books I have ever read.... READ MORE

Kurde @Horsham

Devastating and Necessary - A Must Read

My goodness, this novel is so beautiful and so devastating at the same time I felt deeply for Sasha the whole novel, the novel begins with so much hope an... READ MORE

Amoy Daley, Waterstones Leamington Spa

Brutally Beautiful

Difficult book to review, it is brutal but also beautifully written. Focused on the civil war in Sri Lanka between the Sinalese government and the Tamils w... READ MORE

ENEFCEE 1956

Breathlessly heart-wrenching

A deeply moving and beautiful story of a family fractured Sri Lanka's Civil war. Ganeshananthan deftly reflects the inner conflicts of citizens of war-torn... READ MORE

Rhianne

Synopsis

Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024

Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war tears through her hometown of Jaffna, her dream takes her on a different path as she sees those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences.

Desperate to act, she must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm?

Publisher information

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241611043
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 218 x 138 x 40 mm
Weight: 460g
Languages: English

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Personal story of the Sri Lankan Civil War

The story of the Sri Lankan civil war is told through the life of Sashi as she grows up and goes to medical school. The book pays painstaking detail to wha... READ MORE

Dr Sharon Valente

Heartbreaking but well worthwhile

Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshanathan is set in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. Whilst I knew of the civil war, I didn't really know any of the details. The st... READ MORE

Klaire Sinclair

Trying to Keep Your Hands Clean in War

There is a civil war going on in Sri Lanka in 1981- and sixteen-year-old Sashi reveals what it means to be swept up in the violence and confusion. The good... READ MORE

Michael Burke

The horror and relentlessness of civil war

This book really brought out the harsh realities of civil war and I found that I was worn down reading it...not in a bad way, it just really made me think ... READ MORE

Elizabeth Benson

Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted

Once again I had not heard of this book until it was longlisted for the Women's Prize for fiction. I do love how prize lists etc uncover brilliant books t... READ MORE

Fiona Sharp

An Unforgettable Journey Through War and Resilience

As a Sri Lankan Tamil whose parents fled during the war, I found "Brotherless Night" by V.V. Ganeshananthan profoundly resonant. Ganeshananthan masterfully... READ MORE

Gaautham Ravishangar

Megan Hancock

Brutal, Beautiful, Unforgettable

This was one of the most incredible books I’ve read in a long time. It follows a young woman, Sashi, coming of age during the Sri Lankan Civil War - her fa... READ MORE

Rita

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