Nil katrol

by Mohan Raj Madawala

Genres: Romance, Love, Novels, Romantic

294 pages, Paperback

About the author

මොහාන් රාජ් මඩවල (Sinhala)

Mohan Raj Madawala is a contemporary Sri Lankan novelist known for his bold and provocative storytelling. His notable works include Lovina, Rajina, Magam Soliya, and Toxic, which often explore themes of love, social class, and human complexity. His writing is both praised for its originality and debated for its unconventional, boundary-pushing narratives.

Reviews

[Prabhani TG ✨]

It's a beautifully written book about a historical event with magical realism. I loved the way the author has told the story of Kashapa, story of his mother and how he was brought up but after the place where they are building the palace and the park in Sigiriya the story got all over the place.

I would like if it had the quality of the flow and the story telling which was included in the first half. I felt like the first half was well researched and had the story well planned with the imagination but the second half was rushed and filled with unbelievable jargon. The attempt to be futuristic wasn't that interesting.

I still enjoyed the story and I like the fact that the author has discussed the normal people's lives who lived back then.

[Ramindu Thivanka]

තවත් සුපුරුදු මොහාන් රාජ් නිර්මාණය කි. කතාව ආරම්භ වන්නේ ඉතාමත් දියුණු අනාගතය කදී පවා සීගිරි සිතුවම් වලට පෙම් බඳිනා මිනිසෙකුගෙනි. ඉන් පසු එදා ධාතුසේන සමයට ගලා යන කතාව කාශ්‍යප රජු, ඔහුගේ මව, සහ සීගිරිය ගොඩනැගීම සහ ලොවක් මවිත කල එහි සිතුවම් සහ එහි ආරම්භය ගැන කියන රචකයා ඔහුට ම ආවේණික වූ විද්‍යාවෙන් පැහැදිලි කල නොහැකි සාහිත්‍යය රසයක් ද එක් කරමින් කතාව ගෙන යයි.
ඔබත්, මමත් දන්නා අතීතය වෙනස් අයුරින් කියන ඔහු කාටත් ප්‍රශ්න යක් ඉතිරි කර කාශ්‍යප රජුගේ අවසානය සනිටුහන් කරයි.

[Pramodya Fernandopulle]

Usually I read translated novels but for the first time I fall for a Sri Lankan author’s story.It’s a wonderful story.I was very upset when I finished reading it because I never wanted an ending in it.Still I’m living in that story.I really like the author’s work.

[Sulari Goonetilleke]

Totally different from any book I've read so far

[Harshini Nawarathna]

Futuristic historical fiction. Made me think of Sri Lankan history in a new angle.

[Maneesha Thathsarani]

සීගිරිය පසුබිම් කරගනිමින් කාශ්‍යප රජුගේ යුගය සහ උපුලී නම් කාන්තාවකගේ පුවත ඇතුළත් ඓතිහාසික ප්‍රේම වෘත්තාන්තයකි. සිත්තරෙකුගේ ගුප්ත ආදරය සහ ඓතිහාසික තතු මුසු කරමින් කුතුහලය දනවන ලෙස ලියවී ඇත.

[Sandali]

Can someone explain the ending?? (පසු සටහන)

[Dinindu Shridhara]

After i finished the book i realised that i lerarned the history of sigiriya which i have no interest in but i was invested while reading.

[Hansi N]

It’s a 6 star read for me ! I love historical retellings with a contemporary twist

[Nimmi Piumali]

Nil Katrol is one of those rare stories that feels quiet on the outside but hits deep on the inside. I really enjoyed this book,not just as a story, but as an emotional experience.

[Kalani Herath]

💙

[Sulari Goonetilleke]

Totally different from any other book I've read so far

[Kaveesha Sathsarani]

Good

[Chathumini Deshika]

I like it

[Kaweesha Mihirangi]

I love this book

[Ashelya]

good

[Vi]

That's an interesting take on the Kashyapa story. quite possible too.