A review by sebby_reads
ငါးဖမ်းသမား by မိုးကျော်ဇင်

3.0

The Fisherman is about the lives of seamen who work in fishing vessel and their painful encounters on the ship. It tells through a group of seafarers who sold majority of their belongings or their family’s to work in the international shipping industry hoping for the betterment in life. The ill treatment they received once they are on the boats, the accidents they encountered, the danger of pirates they faced and worst of all, the exploitation of the agent and the company on them were told strikingly. However, I find the storytelling quite bland. Not articulate enough to probe the traumatic events these men had tormented, I think. The narrative is insipid and sometimes repetitive. Perhaps I expected more because it is a National Literary Award winning book.