"තී සහ තා / Thee ha Thaa / She and He" is Surath De Mel's 392 page, 650 LKR valued novel. Surath De Mel is a marketer by profession.
Though this novel was marketed as an urban love story, a suburban Gampaha living reader like me also was able to have nostalgic memories of my youth and young age with my generation being depicted in the story very well.
Unlike novelists like Martin Wickramasinghe and later writers, the barriers to having multiple interpretations of the novels were avoided by departing from the realist writing style.
Surath De Mel has used Anti-Art novelization tactics used by Upul Shantha Sannasgala, Saman Wickramarachchi, Chinthana Dharmadasa, and K.K.Srinath is evident when reading the novel.
How post-modern life and love can be confusing, corrupted, and even open can be seen when reading this disturbing and somewhat weird novel.
Though the novel becomes tasteless in the middle chapters, its creative and detached writing style from reality gives life to readers.
The storyline and the book, in the end, are filled with sadness and creates hopelessness in the readers.
This novel can be considered as a countercultural and subcultural reflection of the Sri Lankan society with a post-modern writing style.
No comments:
Post a Comment