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Ratings: ★★★★☆ (4.3/5)
Genre: Drama / Theatre / Sri Lankan English Literature

Book Review:
Middle of Silence by Ruwanthie De Chickera – a Sri Lankan playwright – is a powerful drama that explores complicated human relationships with remarkable emotional logic. The play received recognition from the British Council International New Playwriting Awards (1997), with judges calling it ''a remorseless story written with tenderness and humanity.'' Critics have praised its brilliant dialogues and soliloquies, noting that no other English playwright in Sri Lanka has plunged so earnestly into the innermost emotional cores of characters. While using Sri Lankan idiom, the story is described as ''horrifyingly simple'' and could be set anywhere. This Chinese edition (published January 2019) brings a significant work of Sri Lankan theatre to an international audience. Essential reading for drama lovers and those interested in contemporary Sri Lankan writing.