Heaven's Edge | Granta

  • Published: 20/04/2000
  • ISBN: 9781862073197
  • Granta Books
  • 288 pages

Heaven’s Edge

Romesh Gunesekera

Marc, in search of a dream, leaves London and sets out for the island where his grandfather was born and where his father’s plane was shot down in flames. It is an island once said to be near the edge of heaven, but now ravaged and despoiled by war. There by a glittering lake he sees the subversive Uva, an eco-warrior releasing emerald doves. Finding her launches him into a world of passion and difficult choices. But their affair is cut short when she disappears. Desperate to find her, Marc embarks on a final terrifying journey that will test all his beliefs as he confronts violence in a quest for love.

Heart-stopping action ... set in an unusual landscape, exquisitely described

Sunday Telegraph

A gripping novel, written with an unforced poetic assurance

Times Literary Supplement

The Author

Romesh Gunesekera grew up in Sri Lanka and now lives in London. His debut novel Reef was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1994 and won the Yorkshire Post First Work Prize. In 1997 he was awarded the prestigious Premio Mondello award in Italy. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2004. He is the author of numerous novels and short story collections, including Monkfish Moon, Reef, The Sandglass and Noontide Toll, all of which are published by Granta Books.

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