{"product_id":"the-match-hardcover-2","title":"The Match - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRomesh Gunesekera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a teenager from Sri Lanka, Sunny is living the typical life of an expatriate in 1970s Manila--a privileged, carefree existence--until one day when the secret behind his mother's tragic death years earlier is accidentally revealed to him, turning Sunny's world upside down. His life takes a series of unexpected turns--first in England, where he falls in love with the luminous Clara, and later in Sri Lanka, where he returns during a brief lull in the country's brutal ethnic war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of V.S. Naipaul in his nuanced treatment of the melancholy of exile, Gunesekera takes the reader on an utterly absorbing journey across the late twentieth-century postcolonial world. Spanning three continents and thirty years, \u003ci\u003eThe Match\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful and atmospheric \u003ci\u003e(Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e) exploration of the nature of loss and displacement, the search for identity and love, and the possibility, in the end, of redemption and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomesh Gunesekera is the author of \u003ci\u003eMonkfish Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReef\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sandglass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Match\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNoontide Toll\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by The New Press). He grew up in Sri Lanka and the Philippines and now lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.42 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701145702463,"sku":"9781595581983","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5c4f75187f061317bf70d63ab1ed4e67.webp?v=1765019496","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-match-hardcover-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}