If more people delved deeply into literature, or were given the luxurious and privilege of doing so, I do think we would treat each other far better. I can’t think of anything that is more important to us as human beings than to really feel what it is to be in another person’s life. It’s a way to become another person and have an experience that is outside our own lives. Literature has enormous power to explain the inexplicable, to inspire and most importantly to get us in touch with our own feelings and those of others around us. Kafka has this line which reads, ‘A book is an axe to shatter the frozen seas within us.’ And I think this is true. Readers sometimes tell me that the book made them cry and I know exactly what parts made me cry because I was sobbing as I wrote them. It can also be very painful as when I was researching and writing certain parts of Island of a Thousand Mirrors. Other parts of it are that there's nothing else in the world that feel as good to me as writing.

Other parts of it are that there's not …more Neil Gaiman once said, 'The best thing about writing is not having to get dressed in the morning.' :) Nayomi Munaweera Neil Gaiman once said, 'The best thing about writing is not having to get dressed in the morning.' :) I do agree. Nayomi’s second novel, What Lies Between Us will be released in February 2016 and has been receiving early accolades as one of 2016’s most anticipated books. Publisher’s Weekly wrote, “Munaweera’s… lyrical debut novel worthy of shelving alongside her countryman Michael Ondaatje or her fellow writer of the multigenerational immigrant experience, Jhumpa Lahiri.” The New York Times Book review called the novel, “incandescent.” It won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia and was short-listed for the Northern California Book Award. More at Nayomi Munaweera’s debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirror was long-listed for the Man Asia Literary Prize and the Dublin IMPAC Prize. Publisher’s Weekly wrote, “Munaweera’s… lyrical debut novel worthy of shelving alongside her countryman Michael Ondaatje or her fellow writer of the multigenerational immigrant experience, Jhumpa Lahiri.” The New York Times Book review called the novel, “incandescent.” Nayomi’s second novel, What Lies Between Us will be released in February 2016 and has been receiving early accolades as one of 2016’s most anticipated books. Nayomi Munaweera’s debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirror was long-listed for the Man Asia Literary Prize and the Dublin IMPAC Prize.

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