Kaliyugaya (novel)

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Kaliyugaya
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Author Martin Wickremasinghe
Language Sinhala
Genre Historical novel
Publication date
1957
Publication place Sri Lanka
Media typePrint (paperback)
Preceded by Gamperaliya  
Followed by Yuganthaya  

Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness ) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957. It is the second book of Wickremasinghe's trilogy that started with Gamperaliya - transformation of a village . The final book, published in 1983, of the trilogy is Yuganthaya (culmination of the era).

It was adapted into a movie by Lester James Peries in 1981.

The story follows the events of Wickramasinghe's novel Gamperaliya and depicts the lives of Nanda and Piyal after their marriage and their children.

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