War. Excruciating pain. Identity crisis. Twelve short stories. The Dividing Line. Jean Arasanayagam's expiation of the testing times that Sri Lanka has been thrown into, torn apart by a long civil war. The stories are all woven in a realm of the somber and radiate an uneasy calm. She sketches an unnerving world where things fall apart - places, relationships, identities. Arasanayagam's voice is the voice of protest, her tone acerbic, her stories an archaeology of ...
