Book
Brotherless night
Record details
- ISBN: 0812997158
- ISBN: 9780812997156
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Physical Description:
pages cm
print - Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2023]
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war subsumes Sri Lanka, her dream takes a different path as she watches those around her, including her four beloved brothers, swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. She must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm? Sashi begins working as a medic at a field hospital for the militant Tamil Tigers, who, following years of state discrimination and violence, are fighting for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. But after the Tigers murder one of her teachers, and the arrival of Indian peacekeepers brings further atrocities, she turns to one of her professors, a feminist and dissident who invites her to join in a dangerous, secret project of documenting human rights violations as a mode of civil resistance to war. In gorgeous, fearless writing, Ganeshananthan captures furious mothers marching to demand news of their disappeared sons; a young student attending the hunger strike of an equally young militant; and a feminist reading group that tries to side with community and justice over any single political belief. Set during the early years of Sri Lanka's thirty-year civil war, and based on over a decade of research, Movement explores the blurred lines between formal participation in conflict and civilian life. This is a heartrending portrait of one woman's moral journey, and a testament to both the enduring impact of war and the bonds of home"-- |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | FIC GANESHANANTHAN, V.V. (Text) | 34027151128637 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| New Milford Public Library | On Order (Text) | acq1332382 | Acquisitions | On order | - |
| Newfield Branch - Bridgeport | FIC GANESHANANTHAN (Text) | 34000151370368 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | FIC GANESHANANTHAN (Text) | 34025146153900 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ridgefield Library | F GANESHANANTHAN (Text) | 34010154196488 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Rowayton Library | F GAN (Text) | 33625122844447 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Seymour Public Library | F GANESHANANTHAN (Text) | 34043150992113 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | FIC GANESHANANTHAN, V (Text) | 34005153107981 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Southbury Public Library | GANESHANANTHAN (Text) | 34019155377013 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Weston Public Library | GANESHANANTHAN (Text) | 34053155002818 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
