Abstract: Shehan Karunatilaka's The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (2022) unfolds during a civil war and focuses on Maali Almeida, a renegade war photographer who must solve a murder mystery after his death. It presents a Kafkaesque afterlife that blends magical realism with a whodunit thriller to examine politics, existence, war trauma, and memory. This interview explores how the novel addresses memory and collective historical experiences.
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