Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai was born in 1965 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He came to Canada with his family at the age of nineteen. He has studied creative writing and theatre, and has a B.F.A. from York University.
Funny Boy, his first novel, was published to immediate acclaim in 1994, was a national bestseller, and won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award and, in the U.S., The Lambda Literary Award, and was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association. Cinnamon Gardens, his second novel, was shortlisted for the Trillium Award. It has been published in the U.S., the...
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Funny Boy
eBook | pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Gay
978-1-55199-719-3 (1-55199-719-3)
January 29, 2013 | $12.99
In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his...
Written by Shyam Selvadurai
eBook | pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Gay
978-1-55199-719-3 (1-55199-719-3)
January 29, 2013 | $12.99
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In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his...
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trade paperback.
Cinnamon Gardens
eBook | pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-1-55199-718-6 (1-55199-718-5)
December 4, 2012 | $13.99
Set in 1920s’ Ceylon, during the turbulent closing days of colonial rule, this evocative story of intertwined lives takes us behind the fragrant gardens and polished surfaces of the elite who reside in a wealthy suburb of Colombo to reveal a world of splintered families, conflicted passions, and lives destroyed by...
Written by Shyam Selvadurai
eBook | pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-1-55199-718-6 (1-55199-718-5)
December 4, 2012 | $13.99
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Set in 1920s’ Ceylon, during the turbulent closing days of colonial rule, this evocative story of intertwined lives takes us behind the fragrant gardens and polished surfaces of the elite who reside in a wealthy suburb of Colombo to reveal a world of splintered families, conflicted passions, and lives destroyed by...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
eBook | pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Homosexuality; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Asia; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - New Experience
978-1-55199-720-9 (1-55199-720-7)
December 4, 2012 | $8.99
Nominated for the Governor General's Literary Awards 2005, (Children's Literature, Text)
The setting is Sri Lanka, 1980, and it is the season of monsoons. Fourteen-year-old Amrith is caught up in the life of the cheerful, well-to-do household in which he is being raised by his vibrant Auntie Bundle and kindly Uncle Lucky...
Written by Shyam Selvadurai
eBook | pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Homosexuality; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Asia; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - New Experience
978-1-55199-720-9 (1-55199-720-7)
December 4, 2012 | $8.99
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Nominated for the Governor General's Literary Awards 2005, (Children's Literature, Text)
The setting is Sri Lanka, 1980, and it is the season of monsoons. Fourteen-year-old Amrith is caught up in the life of the cheerful, well-to-do household in which he is being raised by his vibrant Auntie Bundle and kindly Uncle Lucky...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
Trade Paperback | 280 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Homosexuality; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Asia; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - New Experience
978-0-88776-834-7 (0-88776-834-2)
August 14, 2007 | $14.99
Nominated for the Governor General's Literary Awards 2005, (Children's Literature, Text)
The setting is Sri Lanka, 1980, and it is the season of monsoons. Fourteen-year-old Amrith is caught up in the life of the cheerful, well-to-do household in which he is being raised by his vibrant Auntie Bundle and kindly Uncle Lucky...
Written by Shyam Selvadurai
Trade Paperback | 280 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Homosexuality; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Asia; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - New Experience
978-0-88776-834-7 (0-88776-834-2)
August 14, 2007 | $14.99
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Nominated for the Governor General's Literary Awards 2005, (Children's Literature, Text)
The setting is Sri Lanka, 1980, and it is the season of monsoons. Fourteen-year-old Amrith is caught up in the life of the cheerful, well-to-do household in which he is being raised by his vibrant Auntie Bundle and kindly Uncle Lucky...
Also available as an
eBook.
Cinnamon Gardens
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-0-7710-7956-6 (0-7710-7956-7)
September 23, 1999 | $19.99
Set in 1920s’ Ceylon, during the turbulent closing days of colonial rule, this evocative story of intertwined lives takes us behind the fragrant gardens and polished surfaces of the elite who reside in a wealthy suburb of Colombo to reveal a world of splintered families, conflicted passions, and lives destroyed by...
Written by Shyam Selvadurai
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-0-7710-7956-6 (0-7710-7956-7)
September 23, 1999 | $19.99
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Set in 1920s’ Ceylon, during the turbulent closing days of colonial rule, this evocative story of intertwined lives takes us behind the fragrant gardens and polished surfaces of the elite who reside in a wealthy suburb of Colombo to reveal a world of splintered families, conflicted passions, and lives destroyed by...
Also available as an
eBook.
Funny Boy
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Gay
978-0-7710-7951-1 (0-7710-7951-6)
October 11, 1997 | $21.00
In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his...
Written by Shyam Selvadurai
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Gay
978-0-7710-7951-1 (0-7710-7951-6)
October 11, 1997 | $21.00
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In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his...
Also available as an
eBook.
