අපේ ගම

by Martin Wickramasinghe

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Novels

119 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1940

About the author

The search for roots is the central theme in Martin Wickramasinghe’s writings on the culture and life of the people of Sri Lanka. He imaginatively explored and applied modern knowledge in natural and social sciences, literature, linguistics, the arts, philosophy, education, and Buddhism and comparative religion to reach beyond the superficial emotionalism of vulgar nationalism, and guide us to the enduring roots of our common national identity that exists in the folklife and folk culture of Sri Lanka...

Martin Wickramasinghe’s vision was primarily nurtured in the tolerant, humane, realistic attitude to life traditional to Buddhist folk culture. He valued the intellectual freedom and independence inspired by the Buddha’s ‘Kalama Sutta’ which he saw as a tradition to question tradition, not unlike the Western scientific attitude. Through his writings, he consistently opposed dogmatism, casuistry, elitism, and oppression in any form, be it cultural, religious, political or social.

His works have been translated and published in English, Hindi, Tamil, Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Dutch, German, French and Japanese languages.

Reviews

[samodH]

Wickramasinghe gives an idyllic presentation of Sri Lankan (rural) southern province childhood craftily mingled with that of his own in this book. A must-read if you study Sri Lankan culture practically.

[Rangitha Kuruppu]

"නූල් පටෙහි බැඳී අල්පෙනෙත්ති කටුවෙන් බාගත හැකි වූයේ කාවයියන් හා ලූලන් ද මඩයන් ද පමණි. මොවුන් කෑදර මෝඩ මසුන් වර්ගයන් විය යුතුය, යන හැගීමක් කුඩා අප තුල ඇති වී ය. 'ලූලා නැති වළට කනයා පණ්ඩිතයා' යන ප්‍රස්තාව පිරුළ ගෙතුයේ, මසුන් නොහදුනන පණ්ඩිතයෙකු විසිනැ යි සිතමි."

[Yasoda]

This is by far, one of the best books I have ever read. Read this when I was kid and I used to write down its sentences to remember later. I was absolutely mesmerized by how beautifully this was written. Throughout the school life, this book provided me inspiration for all my creative writing tasks. This is absolutely one of a kind book that I would love to return to over and over again.

[Christina]

I first read this little gem of a book when I was 11 or so and absolutely enjoyed it. The book took me to a place that simply cannot be put to words. Now, I'm 24 and felt the same childish excitement and happiness when I saw this at the book fair this time. Bought it straight away and can't wait to open it so I can travel back time to the happy nostalgia of my carefree childhood :)

A must read for all contemporary kids and adults alike!

[Tiny]

Well it was kinda boring at first but once i got the hang of the narrator i really started feeling the book,this is not a novel or a short story but more of a part of the Martin Wickramasinghe's childhood.
And the wired part is i too live in a beach village and it feels like me and the author have a common ground when it come to all the actives he describes related to the sea and beach.

[Tharanga Gunasinghe]

depict the culture of southern coastal belt .

[Himesh Mohottala]

Can you ls give ape gama book to just read

[Parzival]

gg

[Suhas Manvidu]

ape gama book

[Samithu]

best

[Neel Prassanna]

Very nice

[Shashikala]

Ghdjdkdi

[Chiran Siriwardana]

i want read this book

[Kisandu Randul]

Okay

[Nilakshika]

Rated

[Thehas]

Woow

[GIMHANA SANKALPA]

This is a good book which I read

[Mesh Umesh]

The explanation of the situations are amazing.
not a novel and not a short story but this describe every corner and thoughts of nature which everyone should learn and admire the life in village.

[Isumi Bandara]

This is very interesting book. This book also wrote Mr.Martin Wickramasinghe. Remember one time I was discuss about writer Mr.Martin Wickramasinghe; and this is about that book in Sri Lankan Language(Sinhala) අපේ ගම: දකුණු පළාතේ ගමක වාසය කළ දරුවකුගේ සිතුම් පැතුම් වස්තු කොට ගත් අපේ ගම, පරිසරය, චරිත හා අත්දැකීම් විසින් ලංකාවේ කවරම ප්‍රදේශයක හෝ වෙසෙන ගැමි දරුවකුගේ අත්දැකීම් වලට සමාන වෙයි. Ape Gama means in English language "THE VILLAGE".

[C.v.reader]

this is a great book

[Ravindu Gimhana]

it is good story book

[Judith Gunawardena]

I read the novel in my childhood. Again I like to read it.