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Stories Set in Colombo
Colombo is a seaside capital on Sri Lanka's western shore, arranged around a harbor, markets, rail lines and parkland. Successive Portuguese, Dutch and British control made it a fortified trading port, which is why stories here follow merchants, migrants and wartime patrols. A Common Man and Bulletproof Children sit on its shelf. Open Colombo on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 2 books and 2 movies set in Colombo.
A Common Man
A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.
حول العالم في 200 يوم
عرض في هذا الكتاب معلومات عن الدول المختلفة وخصوصاً دول جنوب شرق آسيا مثل الهند و سيلان وسنغافورة و أستراليا واليابان والفلبين وهونج كونج، ثم زار أيضا الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وجزيرة هاواي. وتحدث أيضا خلال رحلته إلى…
The Giniralla Conspiracy ; Five Journals of Sujatha Mallika
Colombo is under a terrifying threat. The third bestseller from Nihal de Silva the author of the Gratiaen prize winning 'The Road from elephant Pass'. A story involving a subversive plot to topple the Government by…
Bulletproof Children
It's the 17th of March 1996. Wills Cricket World Cup Final between Australia and Sri Lanka is about to commence at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Meanwhile in Colombo a man and his wife board a bus carrying a strange…
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