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In war-torn Sri Lanka, there are two kinds of marriage: the Arranged Marriage and the Love Marriage. An American-born daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants is caught between the tradition of her ancestors and the modern world in which she lives, in this stunning first novel by an accomplished young writer. In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak of only two kinds of marriage. The first is the Arranged Marriage. The second is the Love Marriage. In reality, there is a whole spectrum in between, but most of us spend years running away from the first toward the second. [p. 3] The daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants who left their collapsing country and married in America, Yalini finds herself caught between the traditions of her ancestors and the lure of her own modern world. But when she is summoned to Toronto to help care for her dying uncle, Kumaran, a former member of the militant Tamil Tigers, Yalini is forced to see that violence is not a relic of the Sri Lankan past, but very much a part of her Western present. While Kumarans loved ones gather around him to say goodbye, Yalini traces her familys roots-and the conflicts facing them as ethnic Tamils-through a series of marriages. Now, as Kumarans death and his daughters politically motivated nuptials edge closer, Yalini must decide where she stands. Lyrical and innovative, V. V. Ganeshananthans novel brilliantly unfolds how generations of struggle both form and fractures families. Praise for Love Marriage A beautiful first novel. This intricately woven tale, with its universal themes of love and estrangement, presents an exciting new voice in American literature. -Yiyun Li, author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Complex and moving . . . an impressive debut. -Daniel Alarcón, author of Lost City Radio V. V. Ganeshananthan has given us a riveting picture of the intersections of love and war that shape us all. A debut of incredible passion and wisdom. -Rebecca Johns, author of Icebergs At its best and simplest, Ganeshananthan can be profoundly moving. She captures the pain of exile poignantly. --The San Francisco Chronicle Ganeshananthan has created a slow-burning and beautifully written debut in Love Marriage. It is an evocative examination of Sri Lankan cultural mores, and the way one family is affected by love and war -- The Financial Times Poignant and authentic.... Insight gained into Torontos Tamil community is a welcome bonus in this gem of a book by a
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