Vajra Chandrasekera
Autor(a) de The Saint of Bright Doors
About the Author
Obras por Vajra Chandrasekera
The Jakal's Wedding (short story) 2 exemplares
Ulder 1 exemplar
Sweet Marrow 1 exemplar
The Translator, at Low Tide [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Afterlives: The Year’s Best Death Fiction 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Apex Book of World SF: Volume 4 (Apex World of Speculative Fiction) (2015) — Contribuidor — 82 exemplares
Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction (2017) — Contribuidor — 42 exemplares
Rosalind's Siblings: Fiction and Poetry Celebrating Scientists of Marginalized Genders (2023) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Chiral Mad 5 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 20th century
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Sri Lanka
- Locais de residência
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 18
- Membros
- 237
- Popularidade
- #95,614
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 10
- ISBN
- 7
The writing style is musical at times, breaking out into rhythms of three or more, linked by "or", which I found to be so evocative. The setting, too, is rich urban fantasy inspired by South Asia, which sets it apart from so many others published in the US. (I hope this means we see more, from English writers or in translation, as a result of the popularity of this one.)
Two of my very favorite books are The Raven Tower (Ann Leckie) and If on a winter's night a traveler... (Calvino), so it's probably not a surprise that I love The Saint of Bright Doors and Chandrasekera's take on stories and truth. I honestly suspect I'm missing some of the symbolism and other themes, because of my deep interest in storytelling and myth-making, but they are there - not least about colonialism, race and class and the rule of law, or the power of government or even its attempts at power in the face of its own impotence.
But also, in summary, just wow, what a novel!… (mais)