The Story of a Brief Marriage explained

The Story of a Brief Marriage
Author:Anuk Arudpragasam
Language:English
Publisher:Flatiron Books
Pub Date:September 6, 2016
Pub Place:New York
Media Type:Print (hardback)
Pages:193
Isbn:978-1-250-07240-5
Oclc:932576767
Dewey:823/.92
Congress:PR9440.9.A78 S86 2016

The Story of a Brief Marriage is the debut novel by Anuk Arudpragasam which was published on September 6, 2016 by Flatiron Books.[1]

Synopsis

The novel, written between 2011 and 2014, describes a day and a night in the lives of two young Tamils, Dinesh and Ganga, who are forced into a marriage as the Sri Lankan army intensifies its bombardment of the camp on the north-eastern coast where they are taking refuge. "I grew up in the south of Sri Lanka in a well-off family, as insulated as someone could be from the war," Arudpragasam told Guernica magazine. "It was an attempt to cross certain kinds of differences in experience between myself and these many other people in the north of the country who I had become separated from."[2]

Reception

Randy Boyagoda of The Guardian wrote it as "A debut novel which raises timely questions about how we regard the suffering of others",[3] Bárbara Mujica of Washington Independent Review of Books wrote "Still, The Story of a Brief Marriage is a worthwhile read. It turns our focus not only on the brutality of war, but also on the blessing of life.",[4] Novelist Colm Toibin praised Arudpragasam's dense and attentive style: "Every image in the book, including the most desolate, is rendered with precision and an aura of pure truth and tenderness.",[5] Neera Majumdar of ThePrint wrote "The Story of a Brief Marriage is delicate, unsparing, and depicts the Sri Lankan civil war through the lens of the mortal human body."[6] Arifa Akbar of Financial Times wrote "A remarkable debut novel about a young Sri Lankan couple at a time of bloody civil war".[7]

The book was listed as one of the best novels of 2016 by The Wall Street Journal,[8] NPR,[9] and the Financial Times.[10]

The book has been also reviewed by Ru Freeman of The New York Times,[11] Rohini Mohan of The Hindu,[12] Nilakantan R.S. of The Indian Wire,[13] Sarah Gilmartin of The Irish Times,[14] Supriya Nair of Mint[15] and Elizabeth Stark of The Rumpus.[16]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. Web site: 11 July 2016 . Fiction Book Review: The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam. Flatiron, $24.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-250-07240-5 . 7 November 2021 . Publishers Weekly.
  2. Anuk Arudpragasam: Within the Bounds of the Body. Guernica. Sarah. Hoenicke. January 24, 2017. October 24, 2018.
  3. News: Boyagoda . Randy . 2016-10-22 . The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam review – love and war in Sri Lanka . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-02-21 . 0261-3077 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925164453/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/22/story-brief-marriage-anuk-arudpragasam-review . 2021-09-25 . live.
  4. Web site: The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel Washington Independent Review of Books . 2023-02-21 . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20200128175636/http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com:80/index.php/bookreview/the-story-of-a-brief-marriage-a-novel . 2020-01-28 . live.
  5. News: August 2017 . Love in Wartime . October 24, 2018.
  6. Web site: Majumdar . Neera . 2017-11-17 . 'The Story of a Brief Marriage' depicts the Sri Lankan Civil War through the lens of the mortal human body . 2023-02-21 . ThePrint . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201162145/https://theprint.in/pageturner/afterword/story-brief-marriage-depicts-sri-lankan-war-through-the-human-body/16864/ . 2021-12-01 . live.
  7. News: 2016-11-18 . The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam review - love, interrupted . Financial Times . 2023-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226044239/https://www.ft.com/content/22134f1c-a739-11e6-8898-79a99e2a4de6 . 2022-12-26 . live.
  8. News: Sacks . Sam . December 29, 2016 . And the Best Novel of the Year Is... . The Wall Street Journal . October 24, 2018.
  9. News: September 7, 2016 . The Story Of A Brief Marriage' Provides Intimate Look At Sri Lanka's Civil War . NPR . October 24, 2018.
  10. News: December 2, 2016 . Best books of 2016: Fiction . Financial Times . October 24, 2018.
  11. News: Freeman . Ru . 2016-10-07 . A Brave Debut Novel About the Sri Lankan Civil War . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-21 . 0362-4331 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119082918/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/books/review/anuk-arudpragasam-story-of-a-brief-marriage.html . 2022-11-19 . live.
  12. News: Mohan . Rohini . 2016-12-03 . Rohini Mohan reviews Anuk Arudpragasam's The Story of a Brief Marriage . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-02-21 . 0971-751X . https://web.archive.org/web/20161212040402/http://www.thehindu.com:80/books/books-reviews/Book-review-The-Story-of-a-Brief-Marriage/article16754708.ece . 2016-12-12 . live.
  13. Web site: 'The Story of A Brief Marriage' Imagines the Life of Persecuted Tamils in Sri Lanka . 2023-02-21 . The Wire . https://web.archive.org/web/20221204193904/https://thewire.in/books/the-story-of-a-brief-marriage-review . 2022-12-04 . live.
  14. News: The Story of a Brief Marriage review: Till death do us part . 2023-02-21 . The Irish Times . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021215327/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-story-of-a-brief-marriage-review-till-death-do-us-part-1.2812110 . 2020-10-21 . live.
  15. Web site: Nair . Supriya . 2016-11-18 . Book review: The Story Of A Brief Marriage . 2023-02-21 . mint . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20211207041054/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/YyVkS5WttNNjuU43Qg6nRO/Book-review-The-Story-Of-A-Brief-Marriage.html . 2021-12-07 . live.
  16. Web site: The Story Of A Brief Marriage By Anuk Arudpragasam - The Rumpus.net . 2023-02-21 . therumpus.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707111659/https://therumpus.net/2016/11/14/the-story-of-a-brief-marriage-by-anuk-arudpragasam/ . 2022-07-07 . live.
  17. News: Staff Reporter . 2017-11-23 . Sri Lankan author wins Shakti Bhatt prize . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-02-21 . 0971-751X . https://web.archive.org/web/20201109043209/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/sri-lankan-author-wins-shakti-bhatt-prize/article20739617.ece . 2020-11-09 . live.
  18. Web site: PRIZE . DSC . 2017-11-18 . Anuk Arudpragasam wins the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 . 2023-02-21 . The DSC prize . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20221118124716/https://www.dscprize.com/post/anuk-arudpragasam-wins-the-dsc-prize-for-south-asian-literature-2017 . 2022-11-18 . live.
  19. News: Dylan Thomas prize: Shortlist for 2017 award announced. March 28, 2017. October 24, 2018.

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