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Published on: 2016-02-16
Released on: 2016-02-16
Original language: English

No one sees the world quite like John Gimlette. As The New York Times once noted, “he writes with enormous wit, indignation, and a heightened sense of the absurd.” Writing for both the adventurer and the armchair traveler, he has an eye for unusually telling detail, a sense of wonder, and compelling curiosity for the inside story. This time, he travels to Sri Lanka, a country only now emerging from twenty-six years of civil war. Delving deep into the nation’s story, Gimlette provides us with an astonishing, multifaceted portrait of the island today. His travels reveal the country as never before. Beginning in the exuberant capital, Colombo (“a hint of anarchy everywhere”), he ventures out in all directions: to the dry zones where the island’s 5,800 wild elephants congregate around ancient reservoirs; through cinnamon country with its Portuguese forts; to the “Bible Belt” of Buddhism—the tsunami-ravaged southeast coast; then up into the great green highlands (“the garden in the sky”) and Kandy, the country’s eccentric, aristocratic Shangri-la. Along the way, a wild and often desperate history takes shape, a tale of great colonies (Arab, Portuguese, British, and Dutch) and of the cultural divisions that still divide this society. Before long, we’re in Jaffna and the Vanni, crucibles of the recent conflict. These areas—the hottest, driest, and least hospitable—have been utterly devastated by war and are only now struggling to their feet.But this is also a story of friendship and remarkable encounters. In the course of his journey, Gimlette meets farmers, war heroes, ancient tribesmen, world-class cricketers, terrorists, a former president, old planters, survivors of great massacres—and perhaps some of their perpetrators. That’s to say nothing of the island’s beguiling fauna: elephants, crocodiles, snakes, storks, and the greatest concentration of leopards on Earth.             Here is a land of extravagant beauty and profound devastation, of ingenuity and catastrophe, possessed of both a volatile past and an uncertain future—a place capable of being at once heavenly and hellish—all brought to vibrant, fascinating life here on the page. Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka by John Gimlette ... Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka ... In Elephant Complex he ventures into Sri Lanka a country only now emerging from twenty-six years of civil war. Elephant complex : travels in Sri Lanka (Book 2015 ... Elephant complex : travels in Sri Lanka. ... from elephant sanctuaries to indigenous tribes ... negotiating the complex relationships of Sinhalese ... Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka by John Gimlette ... Elephant Complex has 86 ratings and 14 reviews. ... Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka Alfred A. Knopf New York 2016 (339pp.illus maps $28.95) Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka: John Gimlette ... Buy Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka on FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka - Asia House Home Events Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka. Print this page All Events. ... Elephant Complex is a very fine tribute to this enigmatic island nation. ... Book review: Elephant Complex - Travels in Sri Lanka ... Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lankaby John GimletteQuercus ... Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka. ... Copyright 2016 South China Morning Post ... Elephant Complex by John Gimlette PenguinRandomHouse.com In Elephant Complex he ventures into Sri Lanka a country ... Elephant Complex Travels in Sri Lanka Travels in Sri Lanka Travels in Sri Lanka By John Gimlette
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