Novel
මීනා
Not translated into English
A. Simon de Silva · 1905
Synopsis
A simple love story, that of Meena, which the novel follows as closely as possible to what she thinks and feels, giving each of its characters a distinct character of their own.
Context
The novel was published in 1905. Critics remember its manner more than its plot: it attends to the inner life of its heroine and to carefully drawn characters, where earlier Sinhalese fiction did not yet have the features of the genre. Ediriweera Sarathchandra saw in it the imprint of the tales of the Thousand and One Nights and of the Ramayana. The book was reissued in 1969 and then, in Colombo, by Godage in 2016.
Who it is for
A short novel in Sinhala, of 126 to 136 pages depending on the edition, with no French or English translation.
Prizes and reception
Regarded as the first novel in the Sinhala language, the first to combine its characteristic features.
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