Ask the Author: Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
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Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
HI Ruth, I am delighted that you, as a reader, were able to discover some aspects of Bayan that may, often times, go slip unnoticed by most of the readers. Yes, it has a philosophical touch but the story itself says much more than what the main character who is the only speaker throughout the book says. While philosophy remain the strength that keep the core of the story straight and standing, the story itself, evolves through social, ecological, cultural and political changes across the life time of Ivan and beyond. Therefore I would say, there is a immense space left in the story and its core content where the imagination and understanding of the read could roam or stray, and depending on the ones proximity to the context, knowledge about the soviet literature and the ability to penetrate the << verbally unexpressed>> content of a story, each reader may have something to say; that thing may range from deeper philosophy to mere enjoyment or living in the surface of the story.
I appreciate your question which allowed me to think a bit deeper and respond.
I appreciate your question which allowed me to think a bit deeper and respond.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
It look almost 8 months.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
It is a semi-fiction.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
I woke up to the unnerving hauling of the wolves, just next to my bed head in the rest camp in the middle of the night. Opening my eyes, I saw her bleeding tongue of her right next to my face; she was looking down, and her eyes were glaring at me with greed of a devil and hatred of a witch, but she breathed like a human, freezing my soul for a traction of a second.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Hi Allan,
I am very pleased to hear that you enjoyed the story. I lived in Liberia for almost 5 years, and I worked with the United Nations Mission in Liberia during the time of Ebola.
I am very pleased to hear that you enjoyed the story. I lived in Liberia for almost 5 years, and I worked with the United Nations Mission in Liberia during the time of Ebola.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Utopia of Moor, and I would try to work as a journalist.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Hi Adrian I lived in Liberia for almost five years and lived through the Ebola epidemic.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Hi Anais, as per the story in my head, the protagonist is Tamba. He is the one who relates his story. But if you avoid using the word protagonist and search for the main personality in the story, you may even find Kumba on the top. However its the choice of the reader based on how the story is absorbed. Anyway, the story is built around the life of Tamba who is later known as George.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Hi Roger,
Its possible but I do not know how much would it be the shipment. I do not sell the books personally, Behind the Eclipse is printed by several publishers locally and international version is by Penguin Random House. Partridge. The low cost edition is done by Minsara; you can check their site.
Cheers.
Its possible but I do not know how much would it be the shipment. I do not sell the books personally, Behind the Eclipse is printed by several publishers locally and international version is by Penguin Random House. Partridge. The low cost edition is done by Minsara; you can check their site.
Cheers.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
I thought of reading some old classics that I read years ago, among which Love in times of Cholera is there.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Hi Ali, its a suggested cover, for a reprint of the publication which was once published in 2000. In case if the proposed cover is approved for finalization, we either search it on stock images or contact you.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Hi, Abigail, 'The lethal truth' was published a decade ago and the new edition is underway which will be globally available soon, probably by the end of June this year.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
I believe that those quotes are the connectors between the surface story and the philosophy of the book, in other words, those saying or quotes work as a ladder for the reader to go down into the secondary underlaying layer of the book which is not visible to naked eye. Therefore those quotes have contributed to the success of the book playing a facilitatory role in supporting the reader to understand the deeper philosophy in the book.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Hi Paul,
They are not a few, I have read thousands of books before I became a writer. Initially I read almost everything I could reach but late on I started choosing what I really felt reading. Besides that I studies literature for my tributary eduction which allowed me to study some notable works of key authors and writers around the world.
Among hundreds I like, a few influenced my writing career or other words I had some idols writers like Gabriella Garcia Marquez, Khalid Husseni, Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus, Yasmina Karda and Charles Baudelaire.
They are not a few, I have read thousands of books before I became a writer. Initially I read almost everything I could reach but late on I started choosing what I really felt reading. Besides that I studies literature for my tributary eduction which allowed me to study some notable works of key authors and writers around the world.
Among hundreds I like, a few influenced my writing career or other words I had some idols writers like Gabriella Garcia Marquez, Khalid Husseni, Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus, Yasmina Karda and Charles Baudelaire.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darzy of Pride and Prejudice.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
For the first part of your question, the answer is 'Yes'. Its a part of the movement.
Answering to the secound part of your question, I would say that Bayan is one of the most contributing semi-fictions to the the movement. The whole idea of Bayan is to boost positivity in elderly population who are into reading. Life of Ivan Nikolaevich is all about coping with challenges of the age and finding a meaning in his life at the later part of life.
This excerpt would add some clarity your question..
‘To my silent companion,
Rest with me in Summer, the old papers!
Accompany me in autumn into wet fields,
through the humid air; but do not breath it, it's sickening.
Warm my soul in icy winter with your intoxicating words, and, let me submerge deep in thoughts in the ocean of philosophy,
inebriated wholly with sous-marine depictions,
then I will see the realities left secretively for centuries, mummified in the obscure seabed called life,
When nature rejuvenates back in Spring,
when symphonists start adding melodies to my Bayan,
I will give you a break, probably retirement’.
— Ivan Nikolaevich’.
BAYN
Answering to the secound part of your question, I would say that Bayan is one of the most contributing semi-fictions to the the movement. The whole idea of Bayan is to boost positivity in elderly population who are into reading. Life of Ivan Nikolaevich is all about coping with challenges of the age and finding a meaning in his life at the later part of life.
This excerpt would add some clarity your question..
‘To my silent companion,
Rest with me in Summer, the old papers!
Accompany me in autumn into wet fields,
through the humid air; but do not breath it, it's sickening.
Warm my soul in icy winter with your intoxicating words, and, let me submerge deep in thoughts in the ocean of philosophy,
inebriated wholly with sous-marine depictions,
then I will see the realities left secretively for centuries, mummified in the obscure seabed called life,
When nature rejuvenates back in Spring,
when symphonists start adding melodies to my Bayan,
I will give you a break, probably retirement’.
— Ivan Nikolaevich’.
BAYN
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
The life of Ivan Nikolaevich and well educated gentlemen living in a remote village in North Eastern Ukraine.
Read this quote from the book, you will understand how much of psychic energy stored in this man at his seventies, very inspiring.
‘To my silent companion,
Rest with me in Summer, the old papers!
Accompany me in autumn into wet fields,
through humid air; but do not breath it, its sickening.
Warm my soul in icy winter with your intoxicating words, and, let me submerge deep in thoughts in the ocean of philosophy,
inebriated wholly with sous-marine depictions,
then I will see the realities left secretively for centuries, mummified in the obscure seabed called life,
When nature rejuvenates back in Spring,
when symphonists start adding melodies to my Bayan,
I will give you a break, probably retirement’.
— Ivan Nikolaevich’.
Read this quote from the book, you will understand how much of psychic energy stored in this man at his seventies, very inspiring.
‘To my silent companion,
Rest with me in Summer, the old papers!
Accompany me in autumn into wet fields,
through humid air; but do not breath it, its sickening.
Warm my soul in icy winter with your intoxicating words, and, let me submerge deep in thoughts in the ocean of philosophy,
inebriated wholly with sous-marine depictions,
then I will see the realities left secretively for centuries, mummified in the obscure seabed called life,
When nature rejuvenates back in Spring,
when symphonists start adding melodies to my Bayan,
I will give you a break, probably retirement’.
— Ivan Nikolaevich’.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
You are most welcome. Yes, only two abut Africa. Behind the Eclipse which is based on West African Ebola crisis and 'Footprints in Obscurity' about 29 countries in African continent.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Which one ? I can not figure out what you exactly asked.
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
Actually 'Behind the Eclipse' has been translated into Singhalese, Russian, Ukrainian and Tamil. French, Spanish and Bangoli translations are already on ongoing. Before mid-2018, they will be published.
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