05-13-2024, 02:44 PM
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
My first bit of Sri Lankan fiction. And I'm not a fan. Or maybe I just didn't get all the metaphors flying around my head. Fetter is taught from a young age by his mother to be an assassin with the sole aim of killing his prophet father. He rebels against this and heads to the big city where all the bright doors are located. These are doors that magically appear. They can't be opened or closed and by the end of the book are never really explained their function to the book.
Fetter goes on lots of adventures in and around the city to a point I can't discern. And the culmination of the book is taken up by another entity that completely kills the narrative.
My first bit of Sri Lankan fiction. And I'm not a fan. Or maybe I just didn't get all the metaphors flying around my head. Fetter is taught from a young age by his mother to be an assassin with the sole aim of killing his prophet father. He rebels against this and heads to the big city where all the bright doors are located. These are doors that magically appear. They can't be opened or closed and by the end of the book are never really explained their function to the book.
Fetter goes on lots of adventures in and around the city to a point I can't discern. And the culmination of the book is taken up by another entity that completely kills the narrative.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm