CHARITHA THUNAK

K. Jayathilake’s Charitha Thunak (later translated into English as A Chaff of Grain, by Sarachchandra) and Mahagama Sekara’s Thunman Handiya have several unmistakable similarities and coincidences; as well as distinct echoes in theme, style and philosophical concern. Some of the more innocuous intersections include the common locality of Radawana, around which both short novels are centered, the protagonist being the eldest male child of the family under study (Loku Maama, of Thunman Handiya and Isa of Charitha Thunak); not to mention the “number 3” in both titles.