[Viragaya]
Year:
1956
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Tisara Press
Year of publication:
1985
Pages:
173
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
Sexual content:
Violent content:
Vulgar or obscene language:
Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
Viragaya is considered as one of the most important novels of Sinhalese literature. The central character of the novel, Aravinda, tries to live a virtuous life, detached from the world, but many people misunderstand him and find him odd or selfish. The events are described as Aravinda´s memoirs found after his death and the reader will have to judge on his own whether Aravinda was a good person or not. The novel is beatifully written, though quite sad, even dark sometimes.
At some moment the protagonist is unfairly accused of some grave moral misbehaviour. There aren´t long explanations, the accusation is almost implicit, though the topic is quite thorny and can be a little uncomfortable.
Author: Álvaro H. B. , Sri Lanka
Update on: Jan 2021