Kaliyugaya (novel)
Author | Martin Wickremasinghe |
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Language | Sinhala |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publication date | 1957 |
Publication place | Sri Lanka |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Preceded by | Gamperaliya |
Followed by | Yuganthaya |
Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957. It is the second book of Wickremasinghe's trilogy that started with Gamperaliya - transformation of a village. The final book, published in 1983, of the trilogy is Yuganthaya (culmination of the era).
It was adapted into a movie by Lester James Peries in 1981.
The story follows the events of Wickramasinghe's novel Gamperaliya and depicts the lives of Nanda and Piyal after their marriage and their children.