<DIV><DIV>This novel is a powerful three-generational saga of a Sri Lankan family's search for coherence and continuity in a country broken by colonial occupation and riven by ethnic wars.&nbsp;The character Saha looks for&nbsp;order in a return to traditional values; Rajan&nbsp;is on&nbsp;a quest for modernity that takes him to the mother country; and Vijay is in a fight for socialism that ends in terror. Through the travail of their lives emerges the possibility of another future. </DIV></DIV>