{"product_id":"the-seasons-of-trouble-life-amid-the-ruins-of-sri-lankas-civil-war-paperback","title":"The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRohini Mohan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor three decades, Sri Lanka's civil war tore communities apart. In 2009, the Sri Lankan army finally defeated the separatist Tamil Tigers guerrillas in a fierce battle that swept up about 300,000 civilians and killed more than 40,000. More than a million had been displaced by the conflict, and the resilient among them still dared to hope. But the next five years changed everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRohini Mohan's searing account of three lives caught up in the devastation looks beyond the heroism of wartime survival to reveal the creeping violence of the everyday. When city-bred Sarva is dragged off the streets by state forces, his middle-aged mother, Indra, searches for him through the labyrinthine Sri Lankan bureaucracy. Meanwhile, Mugil, a former child soldier, deserts the Tigers in the thick of war to protect her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving survived, they struggle to live as the Sri Lankan state continues to attack minority Tamils and Muslims, frittering away the era of peace. Sarva flees the country, losing his way - and almost his life - in a bid for asylum. Mugil stays, breaking out of the refugee camp to rebuild her family and an ordinary life in the village she left as a girl. But in her tumultuous world, desires, plans, and people can be snatched away in a moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seasons of Trouble \u003c\/i\u003eis a startling, brutal, yet beau­tifully written debut from a prize-winning journal­ist. It is a classic piece of reportage, five years in the making, and a trenchant, compassionate examina­tion of the corrosive effect of conflict on a people.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRohini Mohan\u003c\/b\u003e is a political journalist based in Bangalore, India. She has won prestigious recognition for her work, including the Charles Wallace Fellowship 2013; the ICRC Humanitarian Reporting Award 2012, New Delhi; the Sanskriti-Prabha Dutt Fellowship 2012, New Delhi; and the South Asian Journalists Association award 2011, New York. She has written for \u003ci\u003eTehelka\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eCaravan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutlook\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHindu\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her website is \u003ci\u003epebblesthrow.blogspot.co.uk\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760190849312,"sku":"9781781688830","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/52042bde29f2ff696ed7cebc6de7e932.webp?v=1780173990","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-seasons-of-trouble-life-amid-the-ruins-of-sri-lankas-civil-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}