A dark comedy of the afterlife Concluding our series on the Gratiaen short-listed writers, Yomal Senerath-Yapa talks to internationally acclaimed writer Shehan Karunatilaka View(s): View(s):Living up to the Legend of Pradeep Mathew would have been intimidating to say the least. But most of Maali was a “thought experiment”: what would an atheist do when confronted with the afterlife? In the novel, afterlife turns out to be a typical Sri Lankan bureaucracy. “And God is not dead,” Shehan informs us, “she is just not in her office this afternoon. “I will attempt it one day when I’m brave enough.” A spirited young thing leading you into more obscure crevices and nooks and crannies of fascinating Sri Lankan life?

Source: Sunday Times June 01, 2019 18:44 UTC