# The Stranger

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- Published: 2015-07-20T21:37:48+00:00
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**Author:** Susunaga Weeraperuma
 **Pages:** 86 **Price:** HB Rs 120, FB Rs 90 **
Year of Publication:** 1987

_**About the Author:**_
 Susunaga Weeraperuma lives in Worblaufen, Switzerland. 
A lecturer and author, he worked as a librarian at the British Library and other
London libraries as well as the South Australian Parliamentary Library. His time
is now devoted to writing works of fiction and non-fiction.

_**Teaser:**_
 “Marienella was in her usual seat that afternoon in the Senate House
Library of the University of London. The pile of textbooks on her table was so high
that one could see neither her tiny face nor dark hair which was plaited with black
ribbons. She was short and slightly built and contrasted with her parents who were
both huge in size, and had light-coloured hair. Her dark eyes had reddened with 
excessive studying and insufficient sleep, for her final degree examinations would
be in a week. Time was becoming very precious to her. Time was running out and she
even avoided meeting her boyfriend because she felt that more time and energy should
be devoted to cramming. Apart from having to revise her many hand-written notebooks
there was also the problem of having to finish reading a lengthy novel by Charles
Dickens.”

_**Contents:**_
 The Stranger /1 The Jobless Girl / 6 Her Unknown Admirer / 12 Lover
of Books / 18 Family Planning / 24 Man of Genius / 30 Matterhorn / 39 Swiss Lady
Passenger / 43 Quest for Love / 47 Sinful Invitation / 56 Overseas Adventure / 59
The Eternal City / 65 The American Tourist / 69 My Fellow Traveller / 71 Advice 
to a Boy / 79 Advice to a Girl / 83