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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Ruins
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'In the bustling streets, overcrowded hospitals and glittering nightclubs of Colombo, five family members find their bonds stretched to breaking point in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war. Latha, the family's servant of two decades, questions her allegiances following the tragic death of her nephew ...Anoushka, a sixteen-year-old high-school student, tries to win back a friend while keeping her punk-rock credentials hidden from her parents ...Lakshmi, a proud matriarch, is haunted by images of missing boys while struggling with the selfish disregard of her own children ...Niranjan, recently returned from Australia, is ready to get his start-up off the ground but keeps getting distracted by stoner friends and petty squabbles ...And Mano, the head of the family, feels increasingly impotent under the pressure of government intimidation and his wife's scorn ...As the five leave Colombo to travel to an ancient city, the generations collide and long-held prejudices are revealed. For this family, with one foot in the old way of life and one firmly in the new, nothing can ever be what it once was.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: for Yasa

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 352p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 28 June 2016
      ISBN: 9780733635052

Other Formats

  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

What I’m Reading – Kate Mildenhall Kate Mildenhall , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017;
Counting the Costs of a Brutal Divide Ed Wright , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 August 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel
Tension and Ambiguities in a War-ravaged Society Michael McGirr , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 July 2016; (p. 19) The Saturday Age , 30-31 July 2016; (p. 19)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel
Rim of Fire Consumes a Family at War Margot Lloyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 June 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel ; The Road to Winter Mark Smith , 2016 single work novel
Rajith Savanadasa, Ruins : Review KN , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 9 July 2016;

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel
A Circular Path in Family's Pain William Yeoman , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 15 June 2016; (p. 11)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel
Rajith Savanadasa, Ruins : Review KN , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 9 July 2016;

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel
Rim of Fire Consumes a Family at War Margot Lloyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 June 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel ; The Road to Winter Mark Smith , 2016 single work novel
Tension and Ambiguities in a War-ravaged Society Michael McGirr , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 July 2016; (p. 19) The Saturday Age , 30-31 July 2016; (p. 19)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel
Counting the Costs of a Brutal Divide Ed Wright , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 August 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel
What I’m Reading – Kate Mildenhall Kate Mildenhall , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017;
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