The Out of Context Book Club meets Chanis Fernando Boisard, author of "The Ayah and Other Stories"
Channel: Frederick FN Noronha
Date: 2022-05-21

The Out of Context Book Club, was in conversation with the author of The Ayah and Other Stories,  on Saturday, May 21, 2022, via Google Meet.

When we think Sri Lanka, we think holiday destination, refreshing Ceylon tea, a conflict and more recently a lilting song that went viral.  ‘The Ayah and Other Stories’ is a collection of 28 short stories of leaving, longing and belonging from Sri Lankan author, Chanis Fernando Boisard. These stories are vignettes and provide a slice of everyday life, written over the course of the author’s life. From the chilling, ‘Mystery in Mogadiscio’, to the desolate ‘Till Tomorrow’, with the sunny, ‘The Story of a Smile’ thrown in between, the author explores the whole gamut of emotions, the titular story ‘The Ayah’ being the most evocative. Recorded online by Frederick Noronha (FN).