Co-Winner of Gratiaen Prize 2022
This collection of short stories focuses on the lives of different Sri Lankans, depicting how they navigate their lives in a country that seems constantly on the edge of crisis. A Man worried about a job interview is tormented by a loudspeaker kept on all night. A woman goes to the tailor to get a dress sewn for her daughter but there is much more at stake
More than just clothes. A man who makes a living mending watches measures his life by routine, but his life is thrown into confusion when hes dragged into a conflict of which he wants no part. some are sad and all take the reader into the curious world that makes up living in Sri Lanka today.
