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Lyrical and innovative, V. V. Ganeshananthan’s novel brilliantly unfolds how a new generation of war both forms and fractures families. Download an excerpt from Random House. Read reviews here.
Love Marriage (2008) is the debut novel by author V. V. Ganeshananthan set in Sri Lanka and North America. Published by Random House in April 2008, Love Marriage was named one of The Washington Post 's Book World's Best of 2008, and appeared on the longlist for the Orange Prize.
“Ganeshananthan has created a slow-burning and beautifully written debut in Love Marriage. It is an evocative examination of Sri Lankan cultural mores, and the way one family is affected by love and war” — The Financial Times
1 sty 2008 · Love Marriage explores the fissures of marriages in the Tamil community. Marriage as an institution becomes complex in situations where one spouse (Kumaran’s daughter) is leveraged as a collateral to keep a movement going outside of the war zone.
8 kwi 2008 · Love Marriage: A Novel Kindle Edition. by V. V. Ganeshananthan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.1 89 ratings. See all formats and editions. In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak of only two kinds of marriage. The first is the Arranged Marriage. The second is the Love Marriage.
8 kwi 2008 · Love Marriage: A Novel. V. V. Ganeshananthan. Random House Publishing Group, Apr 8, 2008 - Fiction - 320 pages. In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak of only two kinds of...
Ganeshananthan's novel opens with a delightful paragraph about the types of marriage (arranged, proper, improper, cousin, love etc) found within families. It is an enticing opener, promising a multi-generational tale of love, marriage and family.
