A Passage North
by Anuk Arudpragasam
Narrated by Neil Shah
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Pub Date 9 Sep 2021 | Archive Date 2 Nov 2021
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Description
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021. Anuk Arudpragasam's masterful novel is an attempt to come to terms with life in the wake of the devastation of Sri Lanka's 30-year civil war.
It begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother's former care-giver, Rani, has died in unexpected circumstances, at the bottom of a well in her village in the north, her neck broken by the fall. The news arrives on the heels of an email from Anjum, an activist he fell in love with four years earlier while living in Delhi, bringing with it the stirring of distant memories and desires. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from Colombo into the war-torn Northern Province for the funeral, so begins a passage into the soul of an island devastated by violence.
Written with precision and grace, A Passage North is a poignant memorial for the missing and the dead, and a luminous meditation on time, consciousness, and the lasting imprint of the connections we make with others.
A Note From the Publisher
Neil Shah is an Audie nominated and multi-AudioFile Earphones Award winning narrator. AudioFile Magazine has commended him for “an absolutely mesmerizing listening experience” and as “an outstanding narrator who adds a healthy dose of personality to each of the characters.”
As a classically trained actor, with an MFA from the acclaimed Old Globe/University of San Diego Actor Training Program, he has appeared Off-Broadway and on regional stages, as well as in film and television.
Advance Praise
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021 #2021BookerPrize
'Mesmerizing, political, intimate, unafraid – this is a superb novel, a novel that pays such close, intelligent attention to the world we all live in' Sunjeev Sahota
‘A Passage North is written with scrupulous attention to nuance and detail. Its world is the deeply-layered, rich interior of its protagonist's mind but also contemporary Sri Lanka itself, war-scarred, traumatized. At its center is an exquisite form of noticing, a way of rendering consciousness and handling time that connects Arudpragasam to the great novelists of the past’ Colm Tóibín
Available Editions
| EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9781004061112 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| DURATION | 9 Hours, 5 Minutes |
Featured Reviews
Amanda R, Librarian
Krishan travels from Colombo to Sri Lanka’s Northern Province to attend the funeral of his grandmother’s carer. During the long journey, he is haunted by memories of an enigmatic girlfriend while a student in Delhi.
Less a road trip than a reflection of the nature of memory and time. Less action than introspection, and highly philosophical.
Listening to the audiobook, I was compelled often to pause to take stock of a phrase or idea. This is not a book to be rushed, but to be savoured in all its melancholy beauty.
My thanks to NetGalley and W F Howes for the ARC.
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