V.V. GANESHANANTHAN
Tuesday, April 29 at 5:30 p.m.

We are delighted to welcome journalist and debut novelist V.V. Ganeshananthan here for a reading from her much-praised novel set in Sri Lanka, Love Marriage (Random House). This extraordinary tale is the story of a young woman, a daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants, who becomes more and more drawn to the upheavals going on in her ancestral country, at the same time certain decisive moments about the course of her personal life are at the threshold. "A complex, moving evocation of love and war—two ideas which overlap more often, and more dramatically, than we often care to recognize. Love Marriage is an impressive debut." – Daniel AlarcÓn. "Love Marriage is a beautiful first novel that explores the secrets of a country's history and a family's past. With tenderness and wisdom, V.V. Ganeshananthan presents a world both mysterious and familiar to readers. This intricately woven tale, with its universal themes of love and estrangement, presents an exciting new voice in American literature." – Yiyun Li. V.V. Ganenshanthan, who this fall will be writer-in-residence at Skidmore College, is presently vice president of the South Asian Journalists Association, and has had her work in such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, Wall Street Journal, Sepia Mutiny, and The American Prospect.

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