Swimming in the Monsoon Sea - Softcover

Selavadurai, Shyam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0144001543 ISBN 13: 9780144001545

Publisher: Penguin Books India, 2006

Synopsis

Rare Book

About this title

Review

" As lush and languid as its Sri Lanka setting...What captures readers is the way the story rolls in waves, mimicking how Amrith looks at himself, then looks away. The luxuriant language with details of architecture and verdant gardens doesn't call attention to itself, but refreshes like a breeze. Selvadurai, who wrote so gracefully for adults...now does the same for teens."
-- "Booklist," Starred Review

"From the Hardcover edition."

"As lush and languid as its Sri Lanka setting...What captures readers is the way the story rolls in waves, mimicking how Amrith looks at himself, then looks away. The luxuriant language with details of architecture and verdant gardens doesn't call attention to itself, but refreshes like a breeze. Selvadurai, who wrote so gracefully for adults...now does the same for teens."
"Booklist, " Starred Review"

About the Author

Shyam Selvadurai was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and came to Canada with his family at the age of nineteen. "Funny Boy, " his first novel, was published to immediate acclaim in 1994, was a national bestseller, and won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award. In the U.S., it was the winner of The Lambda Literary Award, and was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association. "Cinnamon Gardens, " his second novel, was shortlisted for the Trillium Award. It has been published in the U.S., the U.K., India, and numerous countries in Europe. He is the editor of "Story-wallah! A Celebration of South Asian Fiction." Shyam Selvadurai lives in Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books India
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0144001543
• ISBN 13: 9780144001545
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224