ගිරිදේවි

by Shanthi Dissanayake

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

ශාන්ති දිසානායක (Sinhala)

Shanthi Dissanayake is a distinguished Sri Lankan author known for her evocative and insightful literary works. Her novels often delve into the intricacies of rural life and the human condition, capturing the essence of Sri Lankan culture and society. Some of her notable books include “ගිරිදේවි” (Giridevi), “වරාමල්” (Waramal), and “එරන් ලන්දු” (Eran Landu). Her writing has earned her numerous literary awards and a dedicated readership.

Reviews

[Prasanthika · Rating 5 out of 5]

තමන්ට පිහිටට කිසිවෙක් නැති බව තේරුම්ගත් මිනිසුන් ජීවත්වීමට බිය නොවෙති. ජීවිතය කොතෙක් අසාධාරණ වුවත් ඔවුහු හෙටත් ජීවන සටනට අවලාද නොනඟා පිය නගති.

නමුත් ජීවනාරගලේ යෙදෙන සෑම සොල්දාදුවෙකුටම සතුටු නිමාවක්, සැනසීමක් තිබිය හැකි නම්..යන සිතුවිල්ල පොත කියවා නිම කලද තවමත් මා මනසේ රැදී තිබේ.

ලේඛිකා ශාන්ති දිසානායකගේ මා මෙතෙක් කියවු පොත් අතුරින් වඩාත් සිත් ගත් පොත ලෙස ගිරිදේවි නම් කල හැක. රචිකාවගේ දක්ශතාව කතාව කියවන විට සියලු සිදුවීම් මනසේ චිත්තරූපණය වීමෙන්ද ආයසයෙන් තොරව එක හැල්මේ කියවීමට පෙළඹීමේන්ද පසක්වේ.

ගිරිදේවි
ශාන්ති දිසානායක

[Ruvi Perera · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took me around 150 pages to find the book interesting to finish. I personally didn't like how it jumped back and forth even within a chapter itself. At first it was very difficult to follow the story. Somewhere in the middle it started getting interesting which made me not to DNF.

[Shamila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though I took way more time than needed to finish reading, I would call this a story that you would want to finish in one sitting, if possible. One of the key highlights is the narration and how well it is used to create suspense, in a story that would not be usually categorized as a thriller but does delve into themes of crime, harassment, domestic abuse and rape. The story itself flows non-linearly, jumping back and forth through the present timeline and numerous flashbacks, and the transitions are masterfully done by the author, which makes reading through each page very interesting. As for the main character and some of events portrayed, at times it feels superficial, even though the story closely relates to actual issues in the present society in rural and newly urbanized areas in Sri Lanka. Although I really enjoyed the story, the allegory used throughout and the narrative style overall, the ending/epilogue felt a bit too rushed and found more than one typos and continuity errors in the print. One less star for that but a heartwarming tale of despair and relentless courage all the same.

[Malish Gomaz]

i like this book