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Shirani Rajapakse
Books
Offerings to the Blue God
by Shirani Rajapakse
Price:
$8.99 USD.
Words: 35,130.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: November 13, 2023
by
Shirani Rajapakse.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary
Amusing and sometimes heartbreaking stories from Sri Lanka, a country that lived through a devastating tsunami and has lived through close to thirty years of terrorism.
Breaking News
by Shirani Rajapakse
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 26,490.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: November 4, 2018
by
Shirani Rajapakse.
Categories:
Fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary
A young girl searches for a loved one. A mother grieves for her sons. A soldier wakes up with a missing limb. A woman reveals her true nature when she blows herself up. A young boy is traumatized by the loss of his baby sister. These nine stories take you through glimpses of two civil wars and what it's like to live under the threat of terrorism. Yet all is not dreary; there are glimpses of...
Chant of a Million Women
by Shirani Rajapakse
Price:
$7.99 USD.
Words: 18,720.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: August 21, 2017
by
Shirani Rajapakse.
Categories:
Poetry » South Asian & Indian poetry, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » Themes & motifs » General, Poetry » Female authors
- A 2018 Kindle Book Awards Winner - A 2018 Readers' Favorite Awards Honorable Mention - A 2018 New Apple Summer eBook Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing Official Selection Rajapakse explores identity, values and women's role in society through the poems in Chant of a Million Women. She also looks at the concepts of beauty and the standards imposed on women to conform. Some of the...
I Exist. Therefore I Am
by Shirani Rajapakse
Price:
$7.99 USD.
Words: 39,040.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: October 5, 2018
by
Shirani Rajapakse.
Categories:
Fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit
A newly married woman burns to death. A mother is forced to kill her infant daughter. A young woman with a promising future becomes a slave to a holy man. A recently widowed woman is left on the bank of the river to die. I Exist. Therefore I Am takes you on a journey into the world of women and the trauma they face for simply being women. Moving and inspiring yet also disturbing, these nine...
Gods, Nukes and a Whole Lot of Nonsense
by Shirani Rajapakse
Price:
$8.99 USD.
Words: 40,960.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: April 12, 2021
by
Shirani Rajapakse.
Categories:
Fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary
A young boy's dream of leaving the village becomes a reality when he is mistaken for a Prophet. Bored at being at home after retiring, an administrative officer attempts to regain his lost social status. A devout old man prays at the Ganges as the world wakes up to a nuclear India. The fortunes of a fake Sadhu change when someone uses his image on a postcard. A young women meets God in the most...
Fallen Leaves
by Shirani Rajapakse
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 18,130.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: November 29, 2019
by
Shirani Rajapakse.
Categories:
Poetry » South Asian & Indian poetry, Poetry » Female authors, Fiction » Literary collections » Asian / General
These poems are a record of living through close to thirty years of terrorism. They are from different voices representing diverse views.