Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | Shehan Karunatilaka in conversation with Nandini Nair

Shehan Karunatilaka in conversation with Nandini Nair
Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka is the author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, which won the Booker Prize 2022. He has also authored the Commonwealth Book Prize-winning, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, and a short story collection titled The Birth Lottery. He has also published several children’s books.
Nandini Nair has been a journalist for more than 15 years. She is the literary and culture editor of Open magazine. She has previously worked as a writer and commissioning editor in the feature sections of The Indian Express and The Hindu. She is the founder of Talking Books, Pune, a series of monthly conversations with authors. In her spare time, she teaches the craft of writing and editing.
Maali Almeida has only seven moons to contact his two loved ones and guide them to a stash of photographs that will change the fate of Sri Lanka. A war photographer, gambler and closet gay, Maali is exposed to the fleeting nature of life by his sudden death and wishes for his photographs to be a legacy for his country. In a race against time, Maali reaches out to his loved ones in an attempt to expose the visceral brutality of war and conflict in Sri Lanka. In a session with Nandini Nair, Booker Prize winning author Shehan Karunatilaka delves into his latest tale of pathos, humour and satire and the grave dangers of collective amnesia.
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