Beera Suwandathi Haadu [බීර සුවඳැති හාදු ( Beer Scented Kisses )] novel have 224 pages and costs around Rs. 750.
This novel is most suitable for adults.
The story of the novel revolves around "Alisha's love life", a girl who is living in a fictionalized mountain valley in Sri Lanka. The novel is far ahead in terms of cultural values and touches deep concepts like freedom of love and it's resistance to life. The novel contains undertones of the concept of time and minimalism of life as well.
The passages filled with the elaboration of the beauty of the fictional valley is very commendable.
The writer used her Facebook page "Dilshi Thathsarani Musings" as a marketing tool of the novel with uploaded videos containing readings of paragraphs from the novel which is an innovative marketing strategy to her daring, countercultural and controversial novel.
Though the writer attempts to avoid the childlike nature of the romance in the book the main weakness also is its story becoming childish as a plot.
But by creating a mythical valley of love and interesting characters, Beera Suwandathi Haadu [බීර සුවඳැති හාදු ( Beer Scented Kisses )] can be considered as a modern and a daring novel reflecting countercultural themes.
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