Cyril Siresena is an Oxford-educated attorney who heads the
leading law firm in Colombo. Though his background is Sinhalese
Buddhist, Cyril is westernized and secular. He has never regretted
recruiting a Tamil Hindu partner into the firm. VK Sivaratnam is a
hard-working lawyer who shares a close friendship with Cyril.
As Cyril begins to rediscover his Sinhalese Buddhist roots and
reject the identity of brown Englishman, he embarks on a quest for
authenticity that is soon complicated when he falls in love with
Sita, VK's wife. Meanwhile, the climate around them is one of
growing ethnic conflict as tension increases between the Tamil
minority and the Sinhalese majority. But when Sinhalese extremists
begin launching violent attacks on the Tamils, suddenly VK and Sita
are in fear for their lives.
In the midst of the deadliest violence in Sri Lanka's history,
Cyril must do everything in his power to rescue his partner and the
woman he adores from those intent on destroying their world
forever.
Donald E. Smith's "Cyril of Serendip: A Novel of Sri Lanka" is
an enjoyable and perceptive work of fiction that captures extremely
well the sociopolitical atmosphere of the early years of political
independence. The novel is an authentic portrayal of struggles,
both individual and societal, to forge identity based on
conflicting visions of the Sri Lankan past. The story impinges on
the contemporary in significant ways. -Tissa Jayatilaka, Executive
Director, United States-Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission
General
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