{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"DTH Travel","provider_url":"https:\/\/dth.travel\/de","title":"5 books set in Sri Lanka - DTH Travel","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TBbrSLkw7n\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dth.travel\/de\/5-books-set-in-sri-lanka\/\">5 books set in Sri Lanka<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dth.travel\/de\/5-books-set-in-sri-lanka\/embed\/#?secret=TBbrSLkw7n\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#171;5 books set in Sri Lanka&#187; &#8211; DTH Travel\" data-secret=\"TBbrSLkw7n\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dth.travel\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/dth.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Book-website-cover-image-02-1024x488.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":488,"description":"Whether you enjoy armchair travelling by being captured by captivating tales or like to read up on a destination before you visit in real life, these five books set in Sri Lanka offer a glimpse into this fascinating country. &nbsp; &nbsp; Running in the Family Author Michael Ondaatje, who also wrote the novel The English Patient, creates a fictionalised memoir with\u00a0Running in the Family, telling the story of a Dutch-Ceylonese family and the main character\u2019s return to Sri Lanka in the late 1970s. &nbsp; This Divided Island Written by an Indian journalist,\u00a0This Divided Island\u00a0shares insight into the Sri Lankan War, which still affects contemporary life and culture as it only ended in 2009. &nbsp; Serendipity Contemporary Sri Lankan writer Ashok Ferrey weaves a story about Piyumi Segarajasingham, a young barrister in eighties London, returning to Colombo after she gains responsibility for her family\u2019s share of an inheritance, the servants\u2019 quarters of a house her other relatives want to sell. &nbsp; Island of a Thousand Mirrors From another contemporary Sri Lankan writer, Nayomi Munaweera,\u00a0Island of a Thousand Mirrors\u00a0follows the story of a Sinhala girl and a Tamil girl sharing a younger perspective of the conflict between the two respective cultures. &nbsp; The Tea Planter\u2019s Wife Set in 1920s Ceylon (the former name for Sri Lanka), this best-selling novel involves a young Englishwoman who marries a charming tea plantation owner and moves to Ceylon only to discover he&#8217;s keeping secrets about his past. &nbsp;"}