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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-     Subjects     Sri Lankans -- Canada -- Fiction.     Grandmothers -- Fiction.     Mythology, Sri Lankan -- Fiction.     Sri Lanka -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-       by title:      The hungry ghosts / ...       by call number:      FICTION SEL     Search the Web     Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-     Sri Lankans -- Canada -- Fiction.     Grandmothers -- Fiction.     Mythology, Sri Lankan -- Fiction.     Sri Lanka -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The hungry ghosts / Shyam Selvadurai. by Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965- Doubleday Canada, c2013. Call #: FICTION SEL Subjects Sri Lankans -- Canada -- Fiction.   Grandmothers -- Fiction.   Mythology, Sri Lankan -- Fiction.   Sri Lanka -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780385670685 (2014 Anchor Canada trade pbk.) 9780385670661 Description:  372 p. ; 25 cm. 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. Genre:  Canadian fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION SEL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION SEL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Fiction FICTION SEL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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