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The Match

by Romesh Gunesekera
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Uncovering family secrets changes a teenager's life forever.

The Match is a poignant tale of self-discovery, love and loss, set against the backdrop of Sri Lanka's civil war and told through the eyes of ex-patriate Sunny. Gunesekera's prose creates vivid images that transport the reader to a world of exotic locales and complex emotions. An exploration of the universal themes of identity and redemption, this book is a must-read for those interested in postcolonial literature.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Match

by Romesh Gunesekera
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Compare to estimated retail price: RM128.00 MYR  

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ISBN: 9781595581983
Authors: Romesh Gunesekera
Publisher: The New Press
Date of Publication: 2008-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 2.96
(rated by 117 readers)

Description

As a teenager from Sri Lanka, Sunny is living the typical life of an expatriate in 1970s Manila―a privileged, carefree existence―until one day when the secret behind his mother's tragic death years earlier is accidentally revealed to him, turning Sunny's world upside down. His life takes a series of unexpected turns―first in England, where he falls in love with the luminous Clara, and later in Sri Lanka, where he returns during a brief lull in the country's brutal ethnic war. Reminiscent of V.S. Naipaul in his nuanced treatment of the melancholy of exile, Gunesekera takes the reader on an utterly absorbing journey across the late twentieth-century postcolonial world. Spanning three continents and thirty years, The Match is a "beautiful and atmospheric" (Irish Times ) exploration of the nature of loss and displacement, the search for identity and love, and the possibility, in the end, of redemption and renewal.
 

Uncovering family secrets changes a teenager's life forever.

The Match is a poignant tale of self-discovery, love and loss, set against the backdrop of Sri Lanka's civil war and told through the eyes of ex-patriate Sunny. Gunesekera's prose creates vivid images that transport the reader to a world of exotic locales and complex emotions. An exploration of the universal themes of identity and redemption, this book is a must-read for those interested in postcolonial literature.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.