But her dreams for the future are abruptly stamped out when she is arrested by a group of Sinhala soldiers and pulled into the very heart of the conflict that she has tried so hard to avoid – a conflict that, eventually, will connect her and Yasodhara in unexpected ways. Saraswathie is living in the active war zone of Sri Lanka, and hopes to become a teacher. But Yasodhara's life has already become intertwined with a young Tamil girl's… Yasodhara's family escapes to Los Angeles. As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara's and her siblings' lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents' ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between the Tamil and Sinhala people-but this peace is shattered by the tragedies of war. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for. In the tradition of Anil's Ghost and The God of Small Things, Nayomi Munaweera's Island of a Thousand Mirrors is an emotionally resonant saga of cultural heritage, heartbreaking conflict and deep family bonds.A stunning literary debut of two young women on opposing sides of the devastating Sri Lankan Civil War-winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize for Asia, longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prizeīefore violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families. But her dreams for the future are abruptly stamped out when she is arrested by a group of Sinhala soldiers and pulled into the very heart of the conflict that she has tried so hard to avoid - a conflict that, eventually, will connect her and Yasodhara in unexpected ways.
But Yasodhara's life has already become intertwined with a young Tamil girl's.
As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara's and her siblings' lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents' ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between Tamil and Sinhala people but the peace is shattered by the tragedies of war. "Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families.
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