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එය ගිම්හානයේ තවත් එක සරු සැඳෑවකි. ලොව සුන්දරතම නගරය ශනිදා රැයේ සුපුරුදු උත්සවශ්රීයෙන් වෙළීයමින් තිබුණි. නගර වැසියෝ මෙන්ම සංචාරකයින්ද ග්රීෂ්ම නිවාඩුව නිම කරන්නට පෙර ගතව යන ඒ අවසන් රැය විනෝදයෙන් ගෙවා දමන්නට සූදානම් වෙමින් සිටියහ.
මේ නගරයේ එක් සුඛෝපභෝගී හෝටල් කාමරයක ලොවම ආදරය කළ රූමත් කුමරියක් රැය ගෙවී පහන් වනතුරු හෝරා ගනිමින් සිටියාය. තමන්ගේ සිතේ ඇති, ක්රියාවට නංවන්නට සිහින මවන සැලැස්ම සාර්ථක වන්නේ නම් අදහාගත නොහැකි වෙනස්කමකට ජීවිතය හසුවන බව දැන සිටියද ජීවත් වන්නට තමන්ට ඉතිරිව ඇත්තේ තවත් පැය කීපයක් පමණක් බව ඇය නොදැන සිටියාය.
එය තවත් එක් රිය අනතුරක් පමණක් නොවේ. එය මිනීමැරුමකි. ඇයව මරා දමන්නට සැකසුණු සංකීර්ණ කුමන්ත්රණයකි. ඇයව මරා දැමූ ඔවුහු. ඉතිහාසයේ මෙතෙක් හෙළි නොවුණු සංකීර්ණතම අධිරහසකට පදනම දැමූහ.
මේ කියැවෙන්නේ ඩයනා කුමරියගේ මරණයේ කතාවයි.
මේ නගරයේ එක් සුඛෝපභෝගී හෝටල් කාමරයක ලොවම ආදරය කළ රූමත් කුමරියක් රැය ගෙවී පහන් වනතුරු හෝරා ගනිමින් සිටියාය. තමන්ගේ සිතේ ඇති, ක්රියාවට නංවන්නට සිහින මවන සැලැස්ම සාර්ථක වන්නේ නම් අදහාගත නොහැකි වෙනස්කමකට ජීවිතය හසුවන බව දැන සිටියද ජීවත් වන්නට තමන්ට ඉතිරිව ඇත්තේ තවත් පැය කීපයක් පමණක් බව ඇය නොදැන සිටියාය.
එය තවත් එක් රිය අනතුරක් පමණක් නොවේ. එය මිනීමැරුමකි. ඇයව මරා දමන්නට සැකසුණු සංකීර්ණ කුමන්ත්රණයකි. ඇයව මරා දැමූ ඔවුහු. ඉතිහාසයේ මෙතෙක් හෙළි නොවුණු සංකීර්ණතම අධිරහසකට පදනම දැමූහ.
මේ කියැවෙන්නේ ඩයනා කුමරියගේ මරණයේ කතාවයි.
327 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2022
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About the author
Manjula Senaratne
10 books106 followersමංජුල සේනාරත්න (Sinhala)
Manjula Senaratne is a prominent Sri Lankan author known for his diverse literary contributions. He began his writing career at the young age of 18 as a feature writer for the "Tharunaya" newspaper. A year later, he became the sports editor for the "Lankadeepa" newspaper, making him one of the youngest journalists in the media industry at that time.
Senaratne's works often explore themes of love, human relationships, and their complexities. He has written several popular books, including "12.12.12," a detective and mystery thriller that gained significant popularity. Other notable works include "Bureau," "Rosa Maligave Manusaththu," and "Priya Samaga Iridawak," which span genres from romance to suspense.
Despite moving to Paris, Senaratne continued his literary pursuits, editing a monthly magazine named "Kawula". His storytelling is known for its depth and the intricate portrayal of human emotions and interactions.
Manjula Senaratne is a prominent Sri Lankan author known for his diverse literary contributions. He began his writing career at the young age of 18 as a feature writer for the "Tharunaya" newspaper. A year later, he became the sports editor for the "Lankadeepa" newspaper, making him one of the youngest journalists in the media industry at that time.
Senaratne's works often explore themes of love, human relationships, and their complexities. He has written several popular books, including "12.12.12," a detective and mystery thriller that gained significant popularity. Other notable works include "Bureau," "Rosa Maligave Manusaththu," and "Priya Samaga Iridawak," which span genres from romance to suspense.
Despite moving to Paris, Senaratne continued his literary pursuits, editing a monthly magazine named "Kawula". His storytelling is known for its depth and the intricate portrayal of human emotions and interactions.
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May 30, 2024
Perfectly written and couldn't figure out what's real and what's fiction! Highly recommend! And wishing that Mr. Manjula will keep writing awesome books like this.
November 18, 2024
Manjula Senaratne has done his homework well before writing this novel. I wonder what impact this novel could have on the world if it were written in English.
December 28, 2025
In the book’s preface, there’s a note that says:
“I know that after reading this book, which is presented as a novel based on true information, readers may find it hard to tell what’s real and what’s fiction.”
And honestly, that’s 100% true.
Even after I finished the book—which looks at things from a really unusual angle—I kept thinking, “Did this actually happen like this?” and “What if it really happened this way…?” It left me with so many thoughts and questions.
“I know that after reading this book, which is presented as a novel based on true information, readers may find it hard to tell what’s real and what’s fiction.”
And honestly, that’s 100% true.
Even after I finished the book—which looks at things from a really unusual angle—I kept thinking, “Did this actually happen like this?” and “What if it really happened this way…?” It left me with so many thoughts and questions.
November 11, 2025
A great Novel By Manjula Senarathne. Not boring. Four Stars
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