Waking the Tiger: A Novel of Sri Lanka

by Leonard Feinberg

Waking the Tiger is a novel set in late-1950s Sri Lanka, a country at the edge of a gathering storm of violence. Feinberg weaves a complex story of the clash between cultures and castes, expats and ex-colonials, Hindu swamis and Buddhist priests, politicians and entrepeneurs, Sinhalese and Tamils, idealism and realism. Filled with vivid accounts of local customs and locales, Waking the Tiger sardonically describes the underbelly of an apparent paradise. Feinberg lived in Sri Lanka with his family from 1957-1958, when he was Fulbright lecturer in American Literature at the University of Ceylon.

Genres: Fiction

264 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2005

Reviews

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this right before going to Sri Lanka. Gained so many insights into the country that enriched my experience.

[Irus · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mostly this book was really, really, really boring. I stuck with it to the end in hopes of getting some cultural insight on Sri Lanka, it's citizens, and it's politics. It did provide some of that.