Ruth Owell asked Pramudith D. Rupasinghe:

Bayan is more of philosophy than a story. The uncountable number of quotes and the theme says a lot more than mere story. How did the first clue of this story come to your mind? Did you plan it systematically or write spontaneously ?

Pramudith D. Rupasinghe HI Ruth, I am delighted that you, as a reader, were able to discover some aspects of Bayan that may, often times, go slip unnoticed by most of the readers. Yes, it has a philosophical touch but the story itself says much more than what the main character who is the only speaker throughout the book says. While philosophy remain the strength that keep the core of the story straight and standing, the story itself, evolves through social, ecological, cultural and political changes across the life time of Ivan and beyond. Therefore I would say, there is a immense space left in the story and its core content where the imagination and understanding of the read could roam or stray, and depending on the ones proximity to the context, knowledge about the soviet literature and the ability to penetrate the << verbally unexpressed>> content of a story, each reader may have something to say; that thing may range from deeper philosophy to mere enjoyment or living in the surface of the story.
I appreciate your question which allowed me to think a bit deeper and respond.

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