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තිලක #1
විලම්බීත
205 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1953
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ටී.බී. ඉලංගරත්න
27 books123 followersටිකිරි බණ්ඩා ඉලංගරත්න මහනුවර අසල හතරලියද්ද නමැති ගමේ උපත ලැබූයේ 1913 පෙබරවාරි 24 වනදිනය. පළමුව ගමේ පාසලේත් ,පසුව මහනුවර ශාන්ත අන්තෝනි විද්යාලයේත් ,අධ්යාපනය ලැබූ හෙතම තම ජීවිතය ඇරඹුවේ ලිපිකරුවෙකු වශයෙනි.
ලේඛකයෙකු,නාට්ය රචකයෙකු,නාට්ය නිෂ්පාදකයෙකු චිත්රපට දෙබස් රචකයෙකු,නළුවෙකු,දේශපාලඥයෙකු මෙන්ම වෘත්තීය සමිති නායකයෙකු ලෙසද ඉමහත් කීර්තියට පත් විය.
නිදහසෙන් පසු දශක තුනක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලන කරලියේ කැපී පෙනෙන පුද්ගලයෙකු වූ හෙතෙම අසූව දශකයේ මැද භාගයේ දේශපාලන ලෝකයෙන් විශ්රාම ගත්තේය. ඉන් කලකට පසු එනම් 1992 මැයි මස 21 වැනිදා සදහටම දෑස පියා ගත් ඉලංගරත්නයන් ජීවිත කාලයටම කළ එක් දෙයක් විය. ඒ ලිවීමයි.
ලේඛකයෙකු,නාට්ය රචකයෙකු,නාට්ය නිෂ්පාදකයෙකු චිත්රපට දෙබස් රචකයෙකු,නළුවෙකු,දේශපාලඥයෙකු මෙන්ම වෘත්තීය සමිති නායකයෙකු ලෙසද ඉමහත් කීර්තියට පත් විය.
නිදහසෙන් පසු දශක තුනක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලන කරලියේ කැපී පෙනෙන පුද්ගලයෙකු වූ හෙතෙම අසූව දශකයේ මැද භාගයේ දේශපාලන ලෝකයෙන් විශ්රාම ගත්තේය. ඉන් කලකට පසු එනම් 1992 මැයි මස 21 වැනිදා සදහටම දෑස පියා ගත් ඉලංගරත්නයන් ජීවිත කාලයටම කළ එක් දෙයක් විය. ඒ ලිවීමයි.
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June 8, 2023
I read this while ago and watched the TV drama which was telecast about 10 years ago. My mother is a fan of T.B. Ilangaratne and it's she who brought me අඹ යහළුවෝ when I was little. To be honest, I'm a little ashamed to say how little I have touched with Sri Lankan novels during the last few years going from being someone who read books like "Ummagga Jathakaya" alone when I was about 16 years old.
Vilambitha is the first of Ilangaratne's semi-autobiographical trilogy of Tilaka Bandara, a middle-class Kandyan young man who is sent to the big city of Kandy to receive an English education. Tilaka does not belong to the Kandyan aristocracy and Ilangaratne coming from the same social class must have been aware of the position a boy like Tilaka has to face.
The friendship between Thilaka and Sumana (his city-bred classmate) reminisced අඹ යහළුවෝ a teenage version. I'm pretty sure Ilangaratne must have had a close-friend like Sunil and Sumana. I don't think it's a coincidence that both names start with an "S".
Reading these novels is like walking the past. A past that I'm not part of.
Vilambitha is the first of Ilangaratne's semi-autobiographical trilogy of Tilaka Bandara, a middle-class Kandyan young man who is sent to the big city of Kandy to receive an English education. Tilaka does not belong to the Kandyan aristocracy and Ilangaratne coming from the same social class must have been aware of the position a boy like Tilaka has to face.
The friendship between Thilaka and Sumana (his city-bred classmate) reminisced අඹ යහළුවෝ a teenage version. I'm pretty sure Ilangaratne must have had a close-friend like Sunil and Sumana. I don't think it's a coincidence that both names start with an "S".
Reading these novels is like walking the past. A past that I'm not part of.
February 10, 2017
I personally dislike the protagonist of this trilogy. He is a self-centered brat who fancies all the women who crosses his path. I also detect a hint of narcissism in him. He gets upset over trivial matters and regrets about things for all the reasons.
But other than my hate towards the main character, the story showcases a simpler time in Sri Lanka. How a middle class family from a village functions. The writer creates a scenery filled simplicity and with nostalgia.
Mr Ilangaratne's writing style is captivating and moving. Yet it could be enjoyed by a wide audience of different readers in various ages and different walks of life.
But other than my hate towards the main character, the story showcases a simpler time in Sri Lanka. How a middle class family from a village functions. The writer creates a scenery filled simplicity and with nostalgia.
Mr Ilangaratne's writing style is captivating and moving. Yet it could be enjoyed by a wide audience of different readers in various ages and different walks of life.
October 5, 2016
One of the BEST sinhala novels I have read in my childhood!!!
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December 12, 2019Good
October 2, 2020
The best of the trilogy
September 30, 2022
A best book!
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