On december 26,2014, sonali deraniyagala watched as the tsunami came barreling towards yala safari beach hotel, where she was vacationing with her husband, parents and two young sons. Sonali deraniyagala s horrific book wave, about her experience in and after the 26 december 2004 tsunami that struck the southeast coast of sri lanka, is one of the most moving memoirs i have. But this is lifes waking nightmare as it transpired for sonali deraniyagala in 2004, when a 9. On the morning of december 26, 2004, on the southern coast of sri lanka, sonali deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. The memoir starts off with sonali describing the families seemingly normal boxing day but then quickly turns around. Sonali deraniyagala chronicles the agonized aftermath of the 2004 tsunami that drowned her parents, husband and two children. It recounts the story of the authors life before the tsunami struck the coast, and how it changed dramatically after the disaster. While on vacation in sri lankas yala national park. Wave by sonali deraniyagala is one of the saddest, most moving books and is demonstrative of just how incredibly resilient the human spirit can be.
Sonali deraniyagalas extraordinary memoir, wave, opens on the morning of dec. In 2004 the lissonburghs came to sri lanka on holiday. Sonali deraniyagala says of her family members killed in the 2004 tsunami. As sonali was faced with a numb new reality, traumatic. All through the book and especially after she lost her family sonali.
The suddenness of the disaster and the horror of losing her family is described in raw emotion. Was involved in 2004 indian ocean tsunami where she lost her husband, two children and her parents. Sonali deraniyagala tells her story the loss of her two boys, her husband, and her parents without artifice or sentimentality. An economist by profession, she married steve lissonburgh a research professor and had two sons vickram and malli. Sonali deraniyagalas horrific book wave, about her experience in and after the 26 december 2004 tsunami that struck the southeast coast of sri lanka, is one of the most moving memoirs i have. Deraniyagala later relocated to new york where she became a visiting research scholar at columbia university. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Life and memories after the tsunami is a memoir by sonali deraniyagala based on the 2004 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami. Sonali deraniyagala is a sri lankan who studied, worked, married and lived in england. Buy a cheap copy of wave book by sonali deraniyagala. Central theme what is the main setting of the book. In december 2004, sonali deraniyagala, her english husband, and their two little boys travelled from london to the seaside resort of yala on the south coast of sri lanka to spend. And from there into the depths of the authors despair. Review of wave by sonali deraniyagala audio andrew b. Her strength enabled her to drive herself forward in her life. Sonali deraniyagala, author of wave sonali deraniyagala lost her husband, two sons and parents to the indian ocean tsunami that claimed the lives of. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those. Sonali deraniyagala lost her husband, children and parents in the 2004 indian ocean tsunami, and was maddened with grief. The language is powerful in its simplicity and clarity. Wave is somehow both jaggedly raw and beautifully crafted at. Economist sonali deraniyagala lost her husband, parents and two sons in the 2004 boxing day tsunami.
Months before her husband and sons bodies were recovered. Uncomfortable and unsettling, it is a reminder of the horror of this mass tragedy as well as a brave, brutal portrait of deraniyagalas own individual, inescapable grief and love. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Review of wave by sonali deraniyagala audio i dont know what compelled me to download this book to read it. Deraniyagala is an economist by profession but wave is a book by a writer. This study guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis. Brianna lu statistics 83% of all tsunamis earthquake produced 71% occur in the pacific oceanstatistics worlds deadliest tsunami december 2004 1600 bc 2010 ad sri lanka 14 countries fourth largest earthquake 5 million people were affected. On december 26, 2004, a tsunami struck the southern coast of sri lanka. I remember how shocking it was to learn about sri lanka and many of the other islands devastated by a tsunami caused by the sumatraandaman earthquake on. Wave is a 20 memoir by sri lankan author and academic economist sonali. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. Her 20 memoir, wave, recounts her experiences in the tsunami and the progression of her grief in the ensuing years.
Wave by sonali deraniyagala economist sonali deraniyagala lost her husband, parents and two sons in the 2004 boxing day tsunami. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and. Every word in these short, declarative sentences appears to have been chosen with great care, as if to sentimentalize the experience or magnify the horror. An extract from wave, english literature in ols prose. The tsunami survivor who lost her whole family world. Wave,by sonali deraniyagala 5 stars an extremely moving book written by sonali who lost her husband and sons in the boxing day tsunami. But wave, sonali deraniyagalas devastating memoir about the 2004 tsunami, is not fiction. Deraniyagala is an economist, and her matteroffact account is all the more powerful for its lack of literary flourish, though the craft and control reflect an exceptional literary command. Sonali deraniyagala born 1964 in colombo is a sri lankan memoirist and economist born in colombo, sri lanka, she studied economics at cambridge university and has a doctorate from the university of oxford. Deraniyagalas memoir about losing her husband and sons in the 2004 boxing day tsunami is.
Read online wave pdf by sonali deraniyagala for free. All through the book and especially after she lost her family sonali tries to extensively explain how love is never lost, even if you lose them. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of wave by sonali deraniyagala. In 2004, at pdf a beach resort on the coast of sri lanka, sonali deraniyagala and her familyparents, husband, sonswere swept away by a tsunami. This is her account of the nearly incomprehensible event and its aftermath. It was shortlisted for the 20 national book critics circle award. The the wave by sonali deraniyagala, a symbol that i thought was pretty central was the ocean. Although wave heartwrenchingly memorializes a family lost to the 2004 asian tsunami and the experience of a lone survivor, it is, from beginning to end, a love story wave is a primer on desolation and remembrance. Wave sonali deraniyagala, 20 knopf doubleday 240 pp.
Wave by sonali deraniyagala sonali deraniyagalas universe changed the moment the sea came and took away her entire family her parents, her husband and her children on december 26, 2004, just as they were preparing to leave their resort hotel in yala on the south coast of sri lanka. Sonali deraniyagalas hypnotic and wrenching account of receiving and surviving a nearlethal blow to the spirit is also a beautiful memorial to the husband, sons, and parents the. The pain and guilt she suffered was eloquently described in the pages of wave. In an unblinking act of storytelling, sonali deraniyagala ruthlessly chronicles the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami that. Large waves from the ocean covered the hotel that sonali and her husband and sons were staying in. On the morning of december 26, 2004, on the southern coast of sri lanka, sonali deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the. In sonali deraniyagalas memoir, wave, they are among the most difficult things ive ever read. It took days for the bodies of her parents and oldest son to be found. Nonfiction, memoir, natural disaster, survival nonfiction, substance abuse, grief, death. The wave by sonali deraniyagala by brianna lu on prezi. The book opens as the tsunami is approaching and deraniyagala and her family attempt to outrun it. Sonali deraniyagala talks about her memoir, wave youtube. Wave by sonali deraniyagala the next book on my list.
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