Sunset in Galle: Photo by Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai
"Both establishments (Tamil and Sinhalese) do not reflect the views of ordinary people,"
Post-tsunami, Sri Lanka will never be the same again, says filmmaker and writer Tissa Abeysekara from the island country.
"I am too close to the tragedy to write about it. The wounds are still raw and the scars are fresh in memory," said the author of the novel "Bringing Tony Home", of the havoc wreaked by the Dec 26 tsunami." Writing a novel was like coming home for me as I have always felt creatively renewed by the process of writing. Myths and legends have always inspired me and influenced my narrative style," Abeysekara told IANS in an interview here.
Here to attend the South Asian literary conference, Abeysekara sees himself as first and foremost a storyteller for it is the sorcery of the written word that mesmerises him. His autobiographical "Bringing Tony Home" elicited lavish praise from celebrated writer Michael Ondaatje who described it as a "lost classic".
A distrust of power is another defining feature of his writing. Wary of all power structures, Abeysekara prefers to speak for the common man."Both establishments (Tamil and Sinhalese) do not reflect the views of ordinary people," he added:
IANS
Links about "Bringing Tony Home":
Guardian, Barnes & Noble, &
NorthWest Passages.
Sunset in Galle: Photo by Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai
"Both establishments (Tamil and Sinhalese) do not reflect the views of ordinary people,"
Post-tsunami, Sri Lanka will never be the same again, says filmmaker and writer Tissa Abeysekara from the island country.
"I am too close to the tragedy to write about it. The wounds are still raw and the scars are fresh in memory," said the author of the novel "Bringing Tony Home", of the havoc wreaked by the Dec 26 tsunami." Writing a novel was like coming home for me as I have always felt creatively renewed by the process of writing. Myths and legends have always inspired me and influenced my narrative style," Abeysekara told IANS in an interview here.
Here to attend the South Asian literary conference, Abeysekara sees himself as first and foremost a storyteller for it is the sorcery of the written word that mesmerises him. His autobiographical "Bringing Tony Home" elicited lavish praise from celebrated writer Michael Ondaatje who described it as a "lost classic".
A distrust of power is another defining feature of his writing. Wary of all power structures, Abeysekara prefers to speak for the common man."Both establishments (Tamil and Sinhalese) do not reflect the views of ordinary people," he added: IANS
Links about "Bringing Tony Home": Guardian, Barnes & Noble, & NorthWest Passages.
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