April 5, 2016 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…
July 31, 2015 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…
October 10, 2014 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,…
July 16, 2014 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…
April 24, 2014 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…
