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Tamil Tigress (2012)

by Niromi de Soyza(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1742375189 (ISBN13: 9781742375182)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Allen & Unwin

review 1: As a Sinhalese and living in a foreign country I have largely been blinded to the Tamil side of the terrible Sri Lankan Civil War. Niromi de Soyza's very descriptive approach at letting the readers also experience what she went through as a child soldier was very rewarding. In some points in this novel I really did connect with it as I have visited the spots she had mentioned and her direct contact with LTTE leader Prabhakaran surprised me. All in all this is a very well written book for those who wish to experience or gain knowledge of one side of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
review 2: This memoir came highly recommended by a colleague and it didn't disappoint. The book is very honest and bears its soul to the reader. Having grown up in the area where the book is... more set (although I'm a few years younger than the author), I can say it is a true reflection of events of the 1980s. I read/heard somewhere that the author wrote the first account as a teenager, the same year she left the Tigers, which is clear in the 'voice' of the book. I think its important for the reader to keep that in mind and the author would've benefitted in making that clear in a Forward. The narration is excellent, and I too, highly recommend the book. less

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