Cinnamon Gardens (novel)
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Cinnamon Gardens is a 1998 novel written by Shyam Selvadurai.
Plot
The story revolves around two residents of Cinnamon Gardens, a wealthy suburb of Colombo in Sri Lanka. It depicts the prevalent sense of political unrest at the end of Britain's colonial rule. Annalukshmi, an unmarried schoolteacher, idolizes the British, proto-feminist headteacher at her school and aspires to take on a similar leadership role one day. She is strong-willed and rebellious, but still finds herself torn between her desire to pursue her career and her family's expectation that she should marry. Meanwhile, Annalukshmi's uncle, Balendran, has found success working under his powerful father and he leads a peaceful, privileged life. Yet all this is disrupted by the visit of Richard, a former lover from England. The tension between the two men reignites hostilities between Balendran and his father, threatening the life he has carefully constructed. The novel illustrates the socio-political climate of 1920s Sri Lanka, which helps to elucidate many of the issues that continue to plague modern-day Sri Lanka.[1]
See also
- Funny Boy (novel), another work by Shyam Selvadurai
References
- ^ "Cinnamon Gardens – Shyam Selvadurai". shyamselvadurai.com.