yuththaththin muthalAm athikAram (The first chapter of war)

யுத்தத்தின் முதலாம் அதிகாரம் [2019]

Devakanthan 

Novel/Triology –Book I/Tamil

‘The first chapter of war’ is not a story of war rather it is a story that unfolds the origins of war. It is about the escalation of conflicts within Sri Lankan communities for a long time. A good reader who follows Devakanthan could see the continuity of this in his later novels ‘kanavu sirai’ and ‘kalingu’ making this one the 1st of a trilogy.  All these novels are set in the 1800-2015 timespan in Sri Lanka. First published in 2003, this particular volume explores the 1800-1975 time period.