Island of a thousand mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera
Island of a thousand mirrors was written by Nayomi Munaweera in 2012. Set in Sri Lanka during its 25-year-long civil war, the novel follows two sides of the conflict: a Sinhala family who eventually flee the violence as immigrants to the United States, and a Tamil family who are caught in the violence. Following the daughters of both families, the novel shows the brutal effect the war has had on both sides of the civil war. Island of a thousand mirrors won the Commonwealth Book Prize for the Asian Region in 2013.
Nayomi Munaweera was born in Sri Lanka in 1973. Her family moved to Nigeria when she was three years old, and then again to the United States when she was a teenager. The author of two novels, Island of a thousand mirrors (2012) and What lies between us (2016), Munaweera currently lives and works in California. Island of a Thousand Mirrors is her first novel.
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