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Romesh Gunesekera
Romesh Gunesekera
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Born: 1954
Live Me Time World Writing You
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In London, I discovered a peculiar building by Holland Park where the globe was shrunk to fit a British perspective, but which had a library with Sri Lankan books I had never seen before. Romesh Gunesekera
Library Perspective Seen Building Before Books London Park Never Had Globe Discovered Fit Where Which Holland Shrunk British Peculiar
An aircraft cabin is a place that seems to be nowhere, but I find it steeped in the place left behind and the place ahead. Romesh Gunesekera
Aircraft Find Seems Cabin Left Behind Place Nowhere
Two of the first plays I saw after I arrived in Britain were 'King Lear' in Liverpool, and 'Antony and Cleopatra' at Stratford. One was produced with hardly a backdrop and the other with gigantic scene changes. I was impressed by what connected the two: the words and their life beyond the stage. Romesh Gunesekera
Life Words King First Stage Other Changes Saw Backdrop Gigantic King Lear Scene Cleopatra Beyond Lear Arrived Were Impressed After Produced Connected Stratford Liverpool Hardly Britain Two Plays
Sure, cricket on a beach on the isle of Jura is different from a Test match in a stadium in Galle, 6000 miles away, despite the sea air. Romesh Gunesekera
Cricket Despite Air Beach Sure Match Isle Test Stadium Different Miles Sea Away
Cricket fans all over the world probably have more in common with each other than with their fellow citizens. Romesh Gunesekera
World Fans Other Cricket Citizens More Over Fellow Fellow Citizens Than Common Each
The most appealing side-effect of Sri Lankan cricket from where I stand, shuffling words, has been linguistic. Romesh Gunesekera
Words Cricket Has-Been Most Been Linguistic Where Stand Appealing Shuffling
Imaginative writing, to me, is a way of discovering who we are and what we have to contend with; discovering what is out there and also what is not there. It enables me to think and explore and make something new with language while trying to make sense of our lives. Romesh Gunesekera
Me Writing Language Sense Think Our Way Our Lives Out Something Something New New Also Make Contend Enables Discovering Trying While Explore Who Lives Imaginative
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