{"product_id":"the-match-9781595581983","title":"The Match","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a teenager from Sri Lanka, Sunny is living the typical life of an expatriate in 1970s Manila--a privileged, carefree existence--until one day when the secret behind his mother's tragic death years earlier is accidentally revealed to him, turning Sunny's world upside down. His life takes a series of unexpected turns--first in England, where he falls in love with the luminous Clara, and later in Sri Lanka, where he returns during a brief lull in the country's brutal ethnic war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of V.S. Naipaul in his nuanced treatment of the melancholy of exile, Gunesekera takes the reader on an utterly absorbing journey across the late twentieth-century postcolonial world. Spanning three continents and thirty years, \u003ci\u003eThe Match\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful and atmospheric \u003ci\u003e(Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e) exploration of the nature of loss and displacement, the search for identity and love, and the possibility, in the end, of redemption and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595581983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 6.60w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 1119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2008 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2008 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/10\/2008 pg. 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Romesh Gunesekera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370599059637,"sku":"9781595581983","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_15a05f90-b731-414a-87ff-5786ebd01ade.jpg?v=1663040778","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-match-9781595581983","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}