Kandak Sema is written by Sumithra Rahubadda. A young Nupa marries an old Japanese farmer Masaya. After the marriage, her fantasy of life fall apart. She faces identity crisis as her young life wasted on old man. Her struggle to find life love and the style of writing makes you worth reading this book. Winner of Swarna Pustaka 2010.
Whilst admitting the possibility, I feel like the main female character is over-victimized. However, it provides a good reflection on the need of ‘love’ women constantly seek, and how different women deals with this need differently.
කන්දක් සේමා- සුමිත්රා රාහුබද්ධ Kandak Sema - by Sumitrā Rāhubaddha———- *worth reading——-The winner of ‘2010 swarna pustaka’; the highest literary prize in Sri Lanka.___The story revolves around a Sri Lankan young girl called Nupa and her marriage to an old Japanese man called Masaya. Nupa is from a poor and not educated family background, which her parents weren’t even married legally until their children become adults. Her family background is a total mess. And her childhood was full of troubles. Because of her messy family situations even as a child Nupa became the target of many men who are seeking temporary lust. At age 17 Nupa failed to protect herself. Her youth feelings took over her. She ended up aborting her unborn child secretly without even her family’s knowledge. In order to escape from this depressing life, she agreed to marry an old Japanese man. She thought of going to Japan might change her life but all her fantasies scrambled down when she realised the hidden truth behind her old not well known Japanese husband._____ I see Nupa as a young fragile woman, who desperately seeks for love and affection and protection from a man. There were many times she patiently waits for her old husband to notice her, where she treated him kindly. But his heart belonged to someone else. Nupa became lost and melted anytime in-front of a love and affection. ‘Kandak sema’ reveals the dark sides of a society, dark sides of family bonds and relationships, patience, kindness and overcoming struggles as a woman .____ #book#bookphotography#bookstagram#bookworm#srilankanbooks#srilankanbookblogger#igreads#igbooks#bibliophile #literature#bookaddict #bookholic#bookhaul#booklover#bookporn#readingbooks#amreading#currentlyreading#booklover#booksofinstagram#bookblogger#bookcommunity #sinhalabooks#bookreview.
One of the best writings of 2010. Story of a young woman Nupa and her struggle to find life marring to old Japanese man. Story is reach sensitiveness of woman's expression of love. Must read ...