{"product_id":"a-tale-from-a-promised-land-9781398485914","title":"A Tale from a Promised Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Palitha Ganewatta\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel tells the story of three generations of an Australian-Sri Lankan migrant family. After a bomb explodes near two leading schools in the city of Colombo, he persuades his wife that for the sake of their children they must leave and start a new life in Australia. After her mother passes away, her father - a retired school principal - agrees to join them in Australia. \u003cbr\u003eThe novel identifies the travails that beset new migrants from traditional conservative Asian backgrounds to a western oriented materialistic culture, which now accepts migrants from multi-cultural and multi-lingual backgrounds but expects the new arrivals to assimilate and integrate with the society of which they now form a part. \u003cbr\u003eThis novel provides deep insights into socio-cultural and psychological barriers encountered by a first generation of Sri Lankan migrants after their arrival in a new country. Through the combined interactions of a few protagonists, the novel depicts the struggles of socio-cultural adjustments, gains and pains of a South Asian migrant family who try to adjust their lives in a country with western socio-economic and cultural values.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austin Macauley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45032136474775,"sku":"9781398485914","price":836.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781398485914.webp?v=1769207719","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-tale-from-a-promised-land-9781398485914","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}