Interview reveals how The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida examines war trauma and collective experiences during civil war, suggesting memory's role in politics.
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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