Dettagli del libro
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
192
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
May 1, 1993
Editore
Carcanet Press Ltd.
ISBN-10
1857540077
ISBN-13
9781857540079
Descrizione
Childhood in Ceylon is vividly portrayed in a sequence of stories and vignettes which evoke the exotic beauty of the author's birthplace, the secretive pleasures of his boyhood there, and the poignance of a Buddhism riveted on ephemerality. The lyricism of the writing and a large cast of characters make this book a delight. It portrays an exceptional individual, a gifted imagination growing up in one culture and gradually being possessed by another.