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How 2022's Booker Prize winner managed a whirlwind novel and a roller-coaster year

Por: Los Angeles Times Entertainment December 21, 2022

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The year 2022 is one Shehan Karunatilaka won’t soon forget. The author is only now beginning to catch his breath after a journey that began by watching his native Sri Lanka explode from afar and culminated in winning the Booker Prize for his novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.” It was a fitting story for a book that offers a roller-coaster ride through Sri Lankan history: Maali Almeida, the garrulous narrator, has a unique perspective... + full article



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