A Passage North
A Novel
Anuk Arudpragasam
This novel follows Krishan, a Tamil man who, after studying in India and working at an NGO in Colombo, becomes increasingly preoccupied with civilians’ photo archives of massacres in north-eastern Sri Lanka as well as a sense of guilt for having been spared. Beginning with an email from a former lover and a telephone call that compels him to travel to the north, this novel becomes a meditation on love, war and loss.