
Brotherless Night
Women's Prize for Fiction · 2024 · WinnerWomen's Prize for Fiction · 2023 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2024 | Winner |
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
In Sri Lanka in the 1980s, nineteen-year-old Sashi Kulenthiren watches as her four brothers join different factions in the Tamil struggle for independence. As the civil war escalates, Sashi becomes a nurse, trying to heal the bodies destroyed by the conflict while her family and community are torn apart. A devastating novel about war, grief, and the impossible politics of belonging.
About the Author
V. V. GaneshananthanAmerican
V. V. Ganeshananthan is an American novelist and journalist of Sri Lankan Tamil descent, born in 1979. Read more →
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