The Road from Elephant Pass (novel)

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The Road From Elephant Pass

Author	Nihal De Silva
Language	Sinhala and English
Genre	Action, adventure, thriller
Published	2003
Publisher	Vijitha Yapa Publications
Publication place	Sri Lanka
ISBN	978-955-8095-38-6

The Road From Elephant Pass is a novel by Nihal De Silva. It won the 2003 Gratiaen Prize for creative writing in English. The novel was also nominated as a selection for the Sri Lankan Advanced Level Literature examinations. It has been given the themes of war and survival. The book is a great resource for the learning of survival techniques and for handling situations in a complicated relationship. The characters Wasantha and Kamala fall in love even though they belong to completely different races and liberation organisations. The novel was subsequently made into a film with the same name.