2024 Women's Prize For Fiction
"A heart-breaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war. This beautiful, nuanced novel follows a young doctor caught within conflicting ideologies as she tries to save lives. I couldn't put this book down" BRIT BENNETT, bestselling author of THE VANISHING HALF
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024
WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION
"A masterpiece of historical fiction." MONICA ALI, chair of judges for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war subsumes Sri Lanka, her dream takes her on a different path as she watches those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their best friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. She must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm?
"With immense compassion and deep moral complexity, V. V. Ganeshananthan brings us an achingly moving portrait of individual and societal grief' CELESTE NG, bestselling author of LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
"Stunningly great" Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of ROMANTIC COMEDY, via Twitter
"Ganeshananthan is a superb writer...I wept at many points in this novel and I also wept when it was over" Sunday Times
Genre: Literary Fiction
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024
WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION
"A masterpiece of historical fiction." MONICA ALI, chair of judges for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war subsumes Sri Lanka, her dream takes her on a different path as she watches those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their best friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. She must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm?
"With immense compassion and deep moral complexity, V. V. Ganeshananthan brings us an achingly moving portrait of individual and societal grief' CELESTE NG, bestselling author of LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
"Stunningly great" Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of ROMANTIC COMEDY, via Twitter
"Ganeshananthan is a superb writer...I wept at many points in this novel and I also wept when it was over" Sunday Times
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"A heart-breaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war. This beautiful, nuanced novel follows a young doctor caught within conflicting ideologies as she tries to save lives. I couldn't put this book down." - Brit Bennett
"A beautiful, brilliant book - it gives an accounting of the unimaginable losses suffered by a family and by a country, but it is as tender and fierce as it is mournful. It is unafraid to look directly at the worst of the violence and erasure we have perpetrated or allowed to happen, but is insistent that we can still choose to be better." - Danielle Evans
"With immense compassion and deep moral complexity, V. V. Ganeshananthan brings us an achingly moving portrait of individual and societal grief." - Celeste Ng
"Brotherless Night is my favorite kind of novel, one so rich and full of movement that it's only later I realize how much I have learned. V. V. Ganeshananthan drew me in from the very first line, and the intricacies of her characters' lives made it easy to stay." - Sara Nović
"Stunningly great." - Curtis Sittenfeld
"A beautiful, brilliant book - it gives an accounting of the unimaginable losses suffered by a family and by a country, but it is as tender and fierce as it is mournful. It is unafraid to look directly at the worst of the violence and erasure we have perpetrated or allowed to happen, but is insistent that we can still choose to be better." - Danielle Evans
"With immense compassion and deep moral complexity, V. V. Ganeshananthan brings us an achingly moving portrait of individual and societal grief." - Celeste Ng
"Brotherless Night is my favorite kind of novel, one so rich and full of movement that it's only later I realize how much I have learned. V. V. Ganeshananthan drew me in from the very first line, and the intricacies of her characters' lives made it easy to stay." - Sara Nović
"Stunningly great." - Curtis Sittenfeld
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