{"product_id":"sri-lanka-the-elusive-sharmini-serasinghe-9789557137100","title":"Sri Lanka - The Elusive Miracle of Asia","description":"This is a book no publisher or printer in Sri Lanka wanted to be associated with, fearing for their lives. Their fears are justified. Under the despotic political regime headed by the megalomaniacal Mahinda Rajapaksa, journalists and writers in Sri Lanka who stood up for the truth were brutally murdered, tortured, kidnapped or made to disappear for good. Self-described Buddhists, Mahinda Rajapaksa and his cohorts embraced all that is ugly in his Sinhala-Buddhist toxic political ideology, using and abusing Buddhism to the maximum. With this book, the writer has placed her head on the block and in her words: \"I may face the same fate as my late colleagues Lasantha Wickrematunge and Richard de Zoysa, but it's a sacrifice I am ready to make for the sake of future generations of Sri Lanka \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharmini Serasinghe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 955713710X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789557137100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Library and Documentation Service Bo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Sharmini Serasinghe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079673868543,"sku":"9789557137100","price":16.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8910c7e-f80a-460b-98f6-b8e11f573348.jpg?v=1685482485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sri-lanka-the-elusive-sharmini-serasinghe-9789557137100","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}