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   Jan 1, 2012 · The Hungry Ghosts is a beautifully written, dazzling story of family, wealth and the long reach of the past. It shows how racial, political and sexual differences can tear apart both a country and the human heart—not just once, but many times, until the ghosts are fed and freed. Genres FictionLGBTCanadaHistorical FictionQueerGayContemporary.

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3. www.amazon.co.uk › Hungry-Ghosts-Shyam-SelvaduraiThe Hungry Ghosts Hardcover – 7 April 2014 - Amazon.co.uk

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   Apr 7, 2014 · by Shyam Selvadurai (Author) 4.1 109 ratings. See all formats and editions. In Buddhist myth, those that have desired too much in life may be reborn as hungry ghosts spirits with a stomach so large they can never be full. Six year-old Shivan is boarded up in his grandmother s mansion in Sri Lanka.

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   In Buddhist myth, the dead may be reborn as “hungry ghosts”—spirits with stomach so large they can never be full—if they have desired too much during their lives. It is the duty of the living relatives to free those doomed to this fate by doing kind deeds and creating good karma. In Shyam Selvadurai’s sweeping new novel, his first in more than a de...

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   National Bestseller Shortlist, Toronto Book Awards Shortlist, Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction Longlist, DSCSouth Asia Literature Prize

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   “Selvadurai’s work reminds me that the contemporary novel doesn’t necessarily have to resort to thrills or high jinks in order to find its usefulness. Here, it unforgettably explores the interplay between individual intention and the tragedy of a nation’s history” — Hasanthika Sirisena, The Globe and Mail “Selvadurai deftly navigates his home count...

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6. www.amazon.co.uk › Hungry-Ghosts-Shyam-SelvaduraiThe Hungry Ghosts Paperback – 7 Mar. 2016 - Amazon.co.uk

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   In Buddhist myth, those that have desired too much in life may be reborn as 'hungry ghosts' - spirits with a stomach so large they can never be full. Six-year-old Shivan is boarded up in his grandmother s mansion in Sri Lanka.

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   Apr 15, 2013 · Moving between Toronto and war-torn Sri Lanka of the 1980s and ’90s, The Hungry Ghosts tells an intense and absorbing story of one man’s restless search for redemption....

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9. www.amazon.com › Hungry-Ghosts-Shyam-Selvadurai › dpThe Hungry Ghosts Hardcover – June 19, 2013 - amazon.com

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   Jun 19, 2013 · Moving between Toronto and war-torn Sri Lanka of the 1980s and 90s, The Hungry Ghosts tells an intense and absorbing story of one man s restless search for redemption. Shivan Rassiah, gay and in his early thirties, prepares to return from Canada to his dying grandmother in Sri Lanka.

   • Author: Shyam Selvadurai