Reviews of Tamil Tigress (A memoir of Niromi de Soyza)
"In this engaging memoir, de Soyza, who fought in the Sri Lankan civil war as a teenager, offers an account of divided allegiances and single-minded determination" - Publishers Weekly (New York)
"It’s really a story of redemption. A young woman drags herself back from the precipice and literally, one day, casts off her uniform and walks out of the forest" - The Saturday Age, (Melbourne, Australia)
"Written in the first person with heart-catching honesty, the book mirrors all the angst, fire and despair that Niromi goes through – thus making it an absorbing read" - All About Book Publishing (India)
"Although a memoir, the book has valuable anthropological and historical import. .. is well-paced, a fast and engaging read" - Thulasi Muttulingham for Ceylon Today (Sri Lanka)
Niromi writes of a moment in our own, contemporary history from the inside, albeit the periphery. I enjoyed reading the book very much.....Tamil Tigress is a book that must be read in Sri Lanka. It is also a book that needs to be translated into Sinhala and Tamil. - Pulsara Liyanage for The Island, Sunday edition (Sri Lanka), (DBS Jeyaraj Blog)
"Niromi has adopted a no holds barred approach in describing the day to day life of a guerrilla. She gives equal attention to the perpetrators of violence as to their victims. The book is an important source material for understanding contemporary Sri Lanka - Prof. V.Suryanarayan, South Asia Analysis Group (India)
Niromi’s background is not that of someone you would expect to find linked to a guerrilla group of female soldiers, but that is what makes this story a compelling read - Fringe Magazine
More than a military memoir, this is a humanising account of the tragedy of war - Courier Mail (Brisbane, Aus)
This memoir is about the coming of age, teenage idealism, shattered dreams and heartbreak, of leaving loved ones at home and about settling in another country - Publc Service News Books PsNews
'Tamil Tigress is important not only because it is the first book by an insider within the forces, but because it hearkens to key aspects of the Tamil psyche' - Koom Kankesan, Colombo Telegraph, (Sri Lanka)
"It’s really a story of redemption. A young woman drags herself back from the precipice and literally, one day, casts off her uniform and walks out of the forest" - The Saturday Age, (Melbourne, Australia)
"Written in the first person with heart-catching honesty, the book mirrors all the angst, fire and despair that Niromi goes through – thus making it an absorbing read" - All About Book Publishing (India)
"Although a memoir, the book has valuable anthropological and historical import. .. is well-paced, a fast and engaging read" - Thulasi Muttulingham for Ceylon Today (Sri Lanka)
Niromi writes of a moment in our own, contemporary history from the inside, albeit the periphery. I enjoyed reading the book very much.....Tamil Tigress is a book that must be read in Sri Lanka. It is also a book that needs to be translated into Sinhala and Tamil. - Pulsara Liyanage for The Island, Sunday edition (Sri Lanka), (DBS Jeyaraj Blog)
"Niromi has adopted a no holds barred approach in describing the day to day life of a guerrilla. She gives equal attention to the perpetrators of violence as to their victims. The book is an important source material for understanding contemporary Sri Lanka - Prof. V.Suryanarayan, South Asia Analysis Group (India)
Niromi’s background is not that of someone you would expect to find linked to a guerrilla group of female soldiers, but that is what makes this story a compelling read - Fringe Magazine
More than a military memoir, this is a humanising account of the tragedy of war - Courier Mail (Brisbane, Aus)
This memoir is about the coming of age, teenage idealism, shattered dreams and heartbreak, of leaving loved ones at home and about settling in another country - Publc Service News Books PsNews
'Tamil Tigress is important not only because it is the first book by an insider within the forces, but because it hearkens to key aspects of the Tamil psyche' - Koom Kankesan, Colombo Telegraph, (Sri Lanka)