Dimensions
156 x 235 x 25mm
What is an ordinary life in the debris of war? In 2009, when the Sri Lankan army finally defeated the insurgent Tamil Tigers, about 300,000 civilians were swept up in the end game, and over 40,000 were allegedly killed.
Rohini Mohan's searing account of three lives caught up in the devastation shows how a war can continue long after its declared end. When city-bred Sarva is dragged off the streets by state forces, his mother Indra searches for him through the labyrinthine Sri Lankan system. Meanwhile, Mugil, once a Tiger child soldier, tries to rebuild her life as a civilian who must hide her past, first in refugee camps and finally in a new settlement far from her family home.
The Seasons of Trouble is the result of five years reportage; a startling and brutal, yet a beautifully written debut from a prize- winning journalist.
