THE STORY OF A BRIEF MARRIAGE [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2018] Anuk Arudpragasam

by Anuk Arudpragasam

First published 2018

Dinesh has nothing left. Sri Lanka's civil war killed his family and flattened his village. He sits in a refugee camp on the northeastern coast with only his clothes. An older man finds him with a desperate request. His daughter Ganga lies dying from shrapnel wounds. She needs a husband before death claims her. Dinesh agrees to marry this woman he has never seen. The wedding takes minutes. Now he sits in darkness next to his new bride. Her breathing comes in ragged gasps. She may not survive until morning. Dinesh wrestles with a terrible uncertainty. Does he want Ganga to live or die? Artillery booms in the distance. Other refugees hunt for shelter that might not come. In these hours between ceremony and possible death, Dinesh confronts what their rushed marriage means. Can two strangers find real intimacy when violence surrounds them?

Genres: drama, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century

Vibes: dark, emotionally-intense, haunting, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking

Tropes: forced-proximity, strangers-to-intimacy, wartime-romance

Setting: Northeastern Coast, Sri Lanka

Period: 21st Century

208 pages · Paperback · FOURTH ESTATE

Content warnings: death, graphic-violence, war

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