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Island of a Thousand Mirrors
- By: Nayomi Munaweera
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for. As a child in idyllic Colombo, social hierarchies, their parents’ ambitions, teenage love shape Yasodhara and her siblings’ lives, and, subtly, the differences between Tamil and Sinhala people; but the peace is shattered by the tragedies of war. Yasodhara's family escapes to Los Angeles. But Yasodhara's life has already become intertwined with a young Tamil girl's.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pronunciation
- By Mahidevran on 04-07-18
- Island of a Thousand Mirrors
- By: Nayomi Munaweera
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
“cowboys and indians” no more
Reviewed: 12-27-23
rich storytelling: a personalizing account of inescapably tied families/people before and during the sri lankan civil war. munaweera effectively blurs the “two sides” narrative of conflict - that one is right and the other is wrong - while not shying away from descriptions of love, beauty, pain and loss experienced by many sri lankans and us-bound immigrants.
ayyar’s reading highlights the unique voices munaweera creates through masterful use of cadence and inflections; one feels caught in the refractions of this island of a thousand mirrors through their voice.
ps - i can’t help but use this story as a lens through which to view other ethnic conflicts
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