Description
Across the emotional weather of Sri Lanka and the distance of London, these stories follow people whose private lives are reshaped by public conflict. Love, grief, and identity are tested as relationships strain under the weight of war, and as others—haunted by loss and sudden silences—try to live with memory, mourning, and the uneasy terms of return. With lyrical restraint and a sharp attention to human contradiction, the collection renders a “paradise” shadowed by violence, where quiet moments can carry the same gravity as catastrophe. Themes of displacement, moral uncertainty, and the fragile endurance of family and belonging pulse through every page, marking Romesh Gunesekera’s distinctive, deeply melancholy storytelling.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books in association with Granta Books, London
Published Jan 1, 1992
138 pages
ISBN: 0140142185
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Details
First Published
1992
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Monkfish Moon by Romesh Gunesekera.