Tsunami stories: Writing out the wave in the oceanic disaster

Pallavi Rastogi

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-4-2014

Abstract

The horrors of the 2004 Tsunami are inherently structured as a literary narrative combining drama, suspense, high tragedy, and intense human suffering. The nonfiction writing about the effects of the Tsunami in Sri Lanka studied in this essay ranges from a memoir by a Sri Lankan woman to a self-published journal by a British man and investigative reportage by an American journalist. While not immune from colonialist assumptions, Tsunami Writing offers social commentary and the hope of healing while extending warnings for the future.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Prose Studies

First Page

141

Last Page

158

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