Author | Anuk Arudpragasam |
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Language | English |
Set in | Sri Lanka |
Publisher | Hogarth Press |
Publication date | 13 July 2021 |
Publication place | Sri Lanka |
Media type | Print (hardback), e-book, audio |
Pages | 304 |
ISBN | 978-0-593-23070-1 |
OCLC | 1198990030 |
823/.92 | |
LC Class | PR9440.9.A78 P37 2021 |
A Passage North is a 2021 novel written by Anuk Arudpragasam. The novel is set in Sri Lanka following the end of the Civil War.[1] It was first published on 13 July 2021 by Hogarth Press in the United States[2] and by Hamish Hamilton in India.[3] It was also published by Granta Books in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2021.[4] It was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize.[5]
The novel follows Krishan, a young man working for a non-government organisation (NGO) in contemporary Colombo who makes a journey to the north of Sri Lanka – the former civil war battleground, to attend the cremation of his grandmother's former caretaker, Rani.[6]