Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka National Bibliography (25) 1-3, 4-9 ed Nalini de Silva 106, 167pp Sri Lanka National Library Services Board ( Colombo ) pa Rs80.00 £6.50 US$9.50.

Arasanayagam, Jean 'Ancestors' 'My Nights are Snakedreams' 'Chatsworth' 'Chatsworth II' New Lankan Review 6 pp52 - 4, 55 - 7, 58, 59 (see Journals).

___ 'Fifteen Poems' Journal of South Asian Literature (22) 2 1987 pp202 - 22.

Casie Chetty, Mervyn Rhyme and Reason 184pp pvtly publd (Colombo) pa Rs125.00.

De Silva, Alfreda 'A Time for Selling' 'Detail from Childhood' Journal of Indian Writing in English (16) 2 pp166 - 7, 164 - 5.

___' The Geography of Islands' New Lankan Review 6 p87.

_ The Unpredicatable Blood 65pp pvtly publd (Colombo) pa unpriced.

De Silva, Angela 'Birds Beasts and Relatives' New Lankan Review 6 p83.

De Zoysa, Richard 'Corporation Love Song' (1) 'Corporation Love Song' (2) 'Rites of Passage' New Lankan Review 6 pp68, 69, 74 - 6.

Goonewardene, Shelagh 'Colombo, 27th September 1988' 'The Old Man Must Go' New Lankan Review 6 p98.

Gunawardena, Yvonne A Divisive Inheritance and Other Poems 2 7pp pvtly publd ( London) pa unpriced.

Joseph, E.M.W. Fair Game by Sooty Banda 98pp pvtly publd (Colombo) pa Rs75.00.

_ The Best of Sooty Banda 197pp pvtly publd (Colombo) pa Rs100.00.

_ The Golden Treasury of Trilingual Verse by Mabel Rastiadu 65pp pvtly publd (Colombo) pa Rs120.00.

Mendis, Earle Kandyan Lotus 52pp pvtly publd (Columbo) pa Rs30.00 [1985].

Ranasinghe, Anne 'A Kind of Death' New Lankan Review 6 p76.

_ ' My Life Runs Through My Hands Like Water' Schiphol' JIWE (16) 2 pp168, 169.

Rodrigo, Michael Issues of Life and Death: Selected Poems 88pp Centre for Society and Religion (Colombo) pa Rs20.00.

Simon, Richard 'Optical Geometry' New Lankan Review 6 p97.

Sirimanne, Chand R. 'Flags' `The Uncrossed Bridge' JIWE (16) 2 pp 171, 170.

Sirimanne, Samantha 'Dead End' 'Of Vague Silhouettes & Dry Leaves' JIWE (16) 2 pp173, 172.

Wijenaike, Punyakante `Acceptance' 'The Reserved' JIWE (16) 2 pp163, 162.

Wijeratne, Kamala That One Talent 20pp pvtly publd (Kandy) pa unpriced.

Arasanayagam, Thiagarajah The Intruder: A Selection of English Drama pp76 - 96 (see Anthologies).

Siriwardena, Reggie The Long Day's Task 35pp pvtly publd (Colombo) pa unpriced.

Abeysinghe, W.A. Hope Springs Eternal 60pp Ariya Prakashakayo (Colombo) pa Rs30.00.

Akmeemana, Gamini 'The Drummer' New Lankan Review 6 pp60 - 7.

De Silva, Colin Last Sinhala Lions 603pp Grafton (London) pa £3.99 [ 1987].

De Silva, Alfreda 'Ordinary People' JIWE (16) 2 pp117 - 20.

Fernando, Chitra Between Worlds 118pp Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs100.00 pa Rs80.00 (Indian).

___ 'The Bird of Paradise' Short Story International 77 pp102 - 15.

Fernando, Vijita Eleven Stories 90pp Women's Education Centre (Colombo) pa Rs40.00.

Lokuge, Chandani 'Outsider' New Lankan Review 6 pp77 - 82.

Nanayakkara, Johann 'The Rabbit's Retreat' New Lankan Review 6 pp84 - 7.

Ranasinghe, Anne 'A Question of Identity' JIWE (16) 2 pp121 - 5 .

Subasinghe, Lolitha The Twins and other stories 112pp Women's Education Centre ( Colombo) pa Rs50.00.

Tissainayagam, J.S. 'A Fine and Private Place' Kaduwa 2 pp20 - 46 [1986].

___ 'Parting' Kaduwa 2 pp34 - 48 [1987].

Wijenaike, Punyakante 'Ceasefire' Sunday Observer 20 March p20.

___ 'Curfew at Dusk' JIWE (16) 2 pp111 - 16.

___ 'The Wall' JIWE (16) 2 pp101 - 10.

Wijesinha, Rajiva 'The Lady Hippopotamus' JIWE (16) 2 pp174 - 7.

___ 'Days of Despair' [an excerpt from a novel] New Lankan Review 6 pp1 - 51.

An Anthology of Contemporary Sri Lankan Poetry in English ed Rajiva Wijesinha viii + 154pp British Council in collaboration with the English Assn ( Colombo) pa unpriced.

An Anthology of Sinhalese Literature of the Twentieth Century ed Christopher Reynolds xviii + 333pp Paul Norbury/UNESCO ( Kent) pa unpriced.

A Selection of English Drama ed Rajiva Wijesinha 110pp British Council (Colombo) pa unpriced; includes Thiagarajah Arasanayagam's play The Intruder.

The New Lankan Review 6 (see Journals): contains poetry and fiction.

The Shenelle Book of Sri Lankan Short Stories 1988 ed Bandula Padmakumara and Lasanda Kurukulasuriya 93pp Shenelle (Colombo) pa Rs50.00.

Colombage, Asoka 'Father and Daughter' story trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp53 - 8.

Dissanayake, Wimal 'Death by Malaria' `Homecoming' poems trans from the Sinhala by the author JSAL (22) 1 p8.

Galappathy, Buddhadasa 'A Daughter Crying for Milk' 'A Letter to a Wife Gone Abroad for Employment' poems trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp13 - 14.

Jesurasa, A. 'Your Fate Too' poem trans from the Tamil by A. J. Canagaratna JSAL (22) 1 p97.

Jeyapalan 'A Night In Frankfurt' poem trans from the Tamil by S. Rajasingham JSAL (22) 1 p98.

Kodituwakku, Parakrama `A Petition about the Sinharajah Worksite' 'Oh, Sun, Please Stay a While' 'Vacancies at Sinharajah Worksite' poems trans from the Sinhala by Susil Sirivardene JASL (22) 1 pp28-33.

___ 'Among Friends' story trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp34-6.

___ 'Court Inquiry of a Revolutionary' poems trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 p27.

Mahakavi 'The Chariot and the Moon' poem trans from the Tamil by S. Pathmanathan JSAL (22) 1 pp106 - 7.

Murugaiyan, R. 'In the name of Culture' 'Toil' poems trans from the Tamil by the author JSAL (22) 1 pp105 - 6, 104.

Nandhi 'The Spittle' story trans from the Tamil by S. Ranasingham JSAL (22) 1 pp115 - 17.

Navagathegama, Simon 'The Addict' story trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekera JSAL (22) 1 pp37 - 48.

Nilavannan 'Faster, Faster' poem trans from the Tamil by A. J. Canagaratna JSAL (22) 1 p97.

Nuhman, M.A. 'Grandfathers and Grandsons' 'Murder' poems trans from the Tamil by S. Pathmanathan JSAL (22) 1 pp101 - 3, 99.

___ 'Last Evening, This Morning' poem trans from the Tamil by A. J. Canagaratna JSAL (22) 1 p100.

Palliyaguru, Chandrasiri 'Homage to Mohammed Iqbal, 1873 -1938' poem trans from the Sinhala by Lakdasa Wikkramasinha JSAL (22) 1 p6.

Perera, Karuna 'A Rumour' story trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp49 - 52.

Ponnambalam, M. 'The Naked Wretch' poem trans from the Tamil by C. Kanaganayakam JSAL (22) 1 p104.

Rajapakse, Dharmasiri 'Brother, Have You Turned Into a Road' 'My Big Brother' 'Step Not Unthinking, Little Sister' poems trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp9-13.

Ramaiya, N.S.M. 'Among the Hills' story trans from the Tamil by C. Kanaganayakam JSAL (22) 1 pp118 - 22.

Reynolds, Christopher An Anthology of Sinhalese Literature of the Twentieth Century trans from the Sinhala by diverse hands (see Anthologies).

Ruwanpathirana, Monica 'Your Friend, She is a Woman' poem trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp5 -16.

Saddanathan, K. `Vimala' story trans from the Tamil by C. Kanaganayakam JSAL (22) 1 pp108 - 14.

Sanghatissa, Beruwila 'The Unfortunate Death of an Uninvited Guest' poem trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 p15.

Sekera, Mahagama `Short Poems No. 16, No. 17, No. 24' 'The Feather' 'The Moon and New York City' poems trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp17 - 21.

Seneviratne, H.L. 'New Year' poem trans from the Sinhala by the author JSAL (22) 1 p7.

Tilakasena, Ajit 'Blindfolded: Handcuffed' story trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp59-64.

'A Century of Tamil Poetry in Sri Lanka: An Introductory Note' K. Kailaspathy JSAL (22) 1 pp123 - 7.

'Aspects of Culture in Sri Lanka' An interview with Jean Arasanayagam: Le Roy Robinson Keiei to Keizai (67) 4 pp103 - 24.

'Aspects of Culture in Sri Lanka' An Interview with P. N. Cumaranatunga: Le Roy Robinson Keiei to Keizai (68) 2 pp147 - 68.

'Aspects of Culture in Sri Lanka' Interviews with Basil Fernando: Le Roy Robinson Keiei to Keizai (68) 2 pp141- 62.

'Aspects of Culture in Sri Lanka' An Interview with H. M. J. Herath: Le Roy Robinson Keiei to Keizai (67) 3 pp119 - 36.

'Aspects of Culture in Sri Lanka' Interviews with Tissa Kariyawasam and Hope O'Neil Todd: Le Roy Robinson Bulletin of theFaculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University (29) 1 pp69 - 113.

'Aspects of Culture in Sri Lanka' An Interview with Jegatheeswari Nagendran: Le Roy Robinson Keiei to Keizai (68) 1 pp93 -110.

'A Sri Lankan Poet and His People' Susil Sirivardene JSAL (22) 1 pp22 - 6.

'Artistic Creativity and Criticism' Ajit Tilakasena trans from the Sinhala by Daniel Silva JSAL (22) 1 pp65 - 8.

'Dramatic Criticism' S.G. Punchihewa trans from the Sinhala by Ranjini Obeyesekere JSAL (22) 1 pp73 - 4.

Images of the Raj: South Asia in the Literature of Empire D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke 181pp Macmillan, St Martin's Press (London, New York) csd £29.50 $29.95.

'Linguistic Self-expropriation in Sri Lankan Creative Writing' Thiru Kandiah JSAL (22) 1 pp85-93.

'Reflections on the Sinhala Theatre' Ediriwira Sarachchandra JSAL (22) 1 pp69 - 72.

Arasanayagam, Jean `Jean Arasanayagam: In Search of Identity' Reggie Siriwardena An Anthology of Contemporary Sri Lankan Poetry in English pp94 - 8.

___ 'Jean Arasanayagam: Trial by Terror; Sri Lankan Poems' Norman Simms JSAL (22) 1 pp234-6; review.

Goonewardena, James Power and Loneliness: Three English Writers from Sri Lanka' Anders Sjobohm Syndasien 4 pp 28-31 [1987].

Mendis, Earle 'English Poetry for the young reader' M.I. Kuruvilla Daily News p13; review of Kandyan Lotus [11 January 1988].

Ondaatje, Michael ''' Historical Relations" : Modes of Discourse in Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family' John Thieme JIWE (16) 2 pp136 - 46.

Ranasinghe, Anne 'Anne Ranasinghe: Jewish Poet of Sri Lanka' Norman Simms JSAL (23) 1 pp94-107.

Sarachchandra, Ediriwira Ediriwira Sarachchandra: Festschrift 1988 ed A.R.B. Amerasinghe and S.J. Sumanasekera Banda iv + 112pp Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO ( Colombo) csd unpriced.

___ 'Foam Upon the Stream' Ragini Ramachandra The Literary Criterion (22) 3 1987 pp90 - 2; review.

Wijenike, Punyakante 'Power and Loneliness: Three English Writers from Sri Lanka' Anders Sjobohm Syndasien 4 1987 pp28 - 31.

Wijesinha, Rajiva 'Power and Loneliness: Three English Writers from Sri Lanka' Anders Sjobohm Syndasien 4 1987 pp28 - 31.

Woolf, Leonard 'Leonard Woolf: The Tragedy of the "Native" in Ceylon' D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke Images of the Raj pp57 - 77.

Corea Ishvari Glimpses of Colombo 183pp Municipal Press (Colombo) csd Rs1200.00.

Gooneratne, Yasmine 'Writing a Family History' JIWE (16) 2 pp 126 - 35.

HIEE (Higher Institute for English Education) Journal I 1987 ed Andrew L. Thomas, Higher Institute for English Education, 255 Baudhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7, Unpriced.

Kalyani: Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences of the University of Kelaniya V & VI 1986 & 1987 ed A. Liyanagamage Y. Karunadasa and Senake Bandaranayake, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya. Annual sub Rs100.00 US$15.00.

Lanka Guardian Mervyn de Silva , Lanka Guardian Publishing Co, 246 Union Place, Colombo 2. Rs5.00; independent fortnightly journal; interests mainly current affairs but publishes poems and essays on arts and letters.

North-South Perspectives I 1987 ed Tissa Jayatilaka, 12 Melbourne Avenue, Colombo 4. Rs30.00 US$8.00; annual.

The New Lankan Review 6 ed Rajiva Wijesinha, 8 Alfred House Road, Colombo 3. annual Rs50.00.

Journal of South Asian Literature (22) 1 1987 (Special Issue on Sinhala and Tamil Writing from Sri Lanka guest ed Ranjini Obeyesekere ) 252pp Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA Sub US$19.00.

The Journal of Indian Writing in English (16) 2 1988 (Special Issue on Writing in English from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh guest ed Klaus Stuckert) 233pp Department of English, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga -585 106, Karnataka, India. Rs25.00 US$6.00 £3.00.