For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian
Translated by Philip Ó Ceallaigh Reviewed by Sakura Gooneratne I’ve been beaten and the world doesn’t stand still for such things. Published in 1934 when he was only 27, Mihail…
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Reviewed by Sakura Gooneratne Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. He doesn’t devour them really; it only feels that…
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Reviewed by Sakura Gooneratne I get up and go out through the back door. The cold air shocks my skin as I go, ‘Shoo, shoo!’ to the cat. The feline…
The Quick by Lauren Owen
Reviewed by Sakura Gooneratne The Quick by Lauren Owen burst into the literary scene earlier this year with fantastic reviews in major broadsheets and literary blogs, no mean feat for a…
The Smoke is Rising by Mahesh Rao
Reviewed by Sakura Gooneratne Mahesh Rao’s debut novel, The Smoke is Rising, chronicles the daily lives of Susheela, Mala and Uma in Mysore, India; three women from very different backgrounds caught…