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The hungry ghosts  Cover Image Book Book

The hungry ghosts / Shyam Selvadurai.

Summary:

"In Sri Lankan myth, a person who dies may be reborn a "hungry ghost" - a ghost with a large stomach that can never be filled through its tiny mouth - if he has desired too much during his life. It is the duty of the living to free the dead who are doomed to this fate by transferring karma from their own good deeds. Shivan, a troubled young man of mixed Tamil and Sinhalese ancestry, is preparing to travel from Toronto, Canada, to the land of his childhood, Sri Lanka, to rescue his ailing grandmother and bring her back to die."--Publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385670661
  • Physical Description: 372 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, c2013.
Subject: Grandmothers > Fiction.
Gay men > Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Redemption > Fiction.
Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction.
Sri Lanka > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 9 of 10 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nakusp Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Nakusp Public Library FIC SEL (Text) 35160000683251 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -


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