Amanda Jayatissa

Sep 21, 2024 | la-razon.com | Julio Peñaloza Bretel |La Paz |Armando Ortuño |Amanda Jayatissa

/ 21 de septiembre de 2024 / 07:49 Las valoraciones acerca del rendimiento del gobierno de Luis Arce son una cosa y la crisis que ha quebrado al MAS-IPSP es otra, pensarán algunos, cuando en realidad las posibilidades de conducir una gestión presidencial medianamente fluida pasan ineludiblemente por la gobernabilidad, condición indispensable con la que Evo Morales estuvo al mando del país durante casi 14 años, gozando primero de mayoría parlamentaria y al final, incluso, con dos tercios del...

Apr 5, 2024 | nytimes.com | Amanda Jayatissa

Credit Credit... Laura Jayne Hodkin In "On Writing," Stephen King's nonfiction account of his career, he talks about a girl he calls Dodie Franklin. She attended his high school and, he recalls, was often bullied for wearing the same clothes every day. In their sophomore year, on the first day back after Christmas vacation, she came to school wearing newly fashionable clothes with a trendy hairstyle - but the bullying and teasing never stopped.

Mar 6, 2024 | reactormag.com | Amanda Jayatissa

We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Amanda Jayatissa’s Island Witch, a horror novel inspired by Sri Lankan folklore—out now from Berkley. Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father’s craft have turned on the family. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise.

Mar 2, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Amanda Jayatissa

The Author’s Note that opens ISLAND WITCH speaks to the history of Amanda Jayatissa’s island in Sri Lanka, which has been colonized by outside cultures like the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. She also makes it clear that this book is not a history lesson. Rather, it is a simple story of fear, desperation and the limitless boundaries of female rage. Jayatissa’s MY SWEET GIRL was one of the best debut novels I had read in years.

Feb 22, 2024 | crimereads.com | Amanda Jayatissa

Whether it’s whispered around a campfire, or passed down across generations, folk tales have often been the spark that ignited much of our love for stories. They give us brief glimpses into different times and different cultures, and it’s always a treat for me to find these threads woven into works of fiction today. It has even inspired me to reimagine my favourite Sri Lankan folktale in my latest book, Island Witch.