“We Live in a State of Terror”: Transcending Territorial Violence in Romesh Gunesekera’s Heaven’s Edge
In Heaven’s Edge (2002), British writer Romesh Gunesekera, who was born in Sri Lanka, accounts for the sharp contrast between the images that the island conjures up of a par-adise destination for tourists and the extremely violent past of its people. Terror and beauty collide to portray a dystopian...
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| 1. Verfasser: | Lauret-Taft, Sabine |
| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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