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Rising portrays the betrayals in the post-colonial era that led to an impasse.
These kinds of writing meet the needs of the day."
T
-Prof.
Thiru Kandiah, Gratiaen Awards, Colombo 1998-
The
novel is written on the eve of mankind entering the information age when
Knowledge itself remains fragmented. Powerful media interests bathe a generation
in trivia and bludgeon them to accept Brand Consciousness. First Rising is a
reminder that social contradictions humanity underwent in the 20th
Century within two world wars and the first Socialist Revolution remains
unresolved in our midst.
The strength of 'First Rising' is that it is a political novel without the author investing much effort into making it one consciously. The story here has not been told in English before and Wijesuriya's almost unconscious mastery of detail, whether it is about the present Buddhist background of his characters or the nuances of Marxist politics, makes one realize haw gauche and unreal some of these English language novelists aspiring to depict peasant life are. This novel has the touching air of a period piece. It is a final touching salute to the 1960s, the last days of an expiring age of innocence' - Aravinda, Daily News- October 10, 2001
'While endorsing most of our fellow columnist Aravinda said a week ago in his 'Arts note book' on the new novel titled 'First Rising' by Somachandre Wijesuriya, I do not intend to reiterate some of the factors once again. But I feel that the novel First Rising raises some of the finest and salient literary factors in the contemporary society both in the English and Sinhala writing today...In several ways the novelist Wijesuriya is a social philosopher and does not lament but present the pros and cons of a problem, and makes the reader feel that the protagonist he creates is so sensitive. The apex or the moment of illumination in the novel of Wijesuriya is the sad moment when an innocent individual Ramasamy is sentenced to death by the corrupt agents of a evil society'- Professor Sunanda Mahendra, Daily News -Oct 20, 2001
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Somachandre Wijesuriya was born on November 18, 1941 during the Second World War. His father was a clerical servant in the local government service of the British administration. His Mother was a midwife who became a housewife after marriage. Somachandre graduated from University of Ceylon in 1967 and went and lived as a farmer in a remote village in Embilipitiya. Subsequently he was employed in the private sector businesses in Colombo. In the city he saw many social upheavals in the form of strikes by workers, political agitations and an armed youth uprising. This led to the collapse of the world model in his mind and for a good number of years he made attempts to understand the relationship between man and nature. An interest in writing developed and he wrote his first novel 'First Rising' in 2001. He is a free-lance contributor to newspapers in Sri Lanka on socio-economic and literary topics. |
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FIRST RISING by Somachandre Wijesuriya
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First Impression 2001
343 Pages - Paperback
ISBN-955-8533-00-9
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