colonialism – A S H Smyth http://www.ashsmyth.com Will write for money Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:03:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.4 State of the nation http://www.ashsmyth.com/state-of-the-nation/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/state-of-the-nation/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2020 07:01:45 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=3040 Review of Andrew Fidel Fernando’s debut book Upon a Sleepless Isle, which has just won Sri Lanka’s Gratiaen Prize (2019) for English-language literature.

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For The Critic

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For The Spectator

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