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Sinhalese Perspectives in Transnational Sri Lankan Literature
by Jeslyn Sharnita Amarasekera & Shanthini Pillai
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The book explores the position of transnational Sri Lankan writers, specifically the Sinhalese and their role in understanding the different perspectives of the Sinhalese. The research corpus encompasses four novels produced by transnational male and female Sri Lankan writers, specifically writers of Sinhalese descent who continue to write about their homeland despite living away from it. The selected texts are Softly As I Leave You by Chandani Lokuge, Island of A Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera, Distant Warriors by Channa Wickremesekera and Beggar’s Feast by Randy Boyagoda. The analysis carried out for each novel pores into the manifestations of Sri Lanka as a construction of a comforting home or a site for unhomeliness. The Sinhalese perspectives are also revealed through the projection of characters as either, syncretic or specular. The discoveries provide an understanding of how notions of home and trauma are conveyed in the mind, through specific concepts derived from Buddhism.