Zillij By Ameena Hussein. (winner of State Literary award for Best Short Stories) Economics critically acclaimed actor

critically acclaimed actor

The book follows the fortunes of the family company as it bore many a sling and arrow with the zeal of a true pioneer

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Birds of Sri Lanka Gehan de Silva Wijeyaratne

Zillij By Ameena Hussein. (winner of State Literary award for Best Short Stories) Economics critically acclaimed actorZillij is a collection of short stories addressing and revolving around the question of identity, within as essentially Sri Lankan context. While most of this volume reflects aspects of Sri Lankas ethnic and socio economic struggles. These stories are not merely about Sri Lanka. Ameena Hussein writes of love, death, fantasy, identity crises, changing worlds and freedom, creatively using language to shape raw life into evocative fiction.