A review by midnightcitizen
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

3.0

There is a lot of heart and pain in this one, but it was so demanding to finish it. I appreciated the topics, the language, the careful examinations of local history and civil war, the terror, the loss, old age, freedom, and culture very much, albeit the structure, style and form were too tiring.

I am not sure I’ve ever re-read pages and sentences so frequently, my attention fleeting so often, especially in the chapters about Krishan and Anjum. I feel the book would be better off without those specific themes, and more effortlessly to the point.