Sri Lanka Reading

TransConflict recommends the following books for those interested in learning more about the history, culture and politics of Sri Lanka.

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Categories

• Literature and First-Hand Accounts
• Academic and Policy-Oriented

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Literature and First-Hand Accounts

Love Marriage – by V.V. Ganeshananthan

Running in the Family – by Michael Ondaatje

Reef – by Romesh Gunesekera

Academic and Policy-Oriented

The Sri Lanka Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The World Readers) – by John Holt

The Cage: The fight for Sri Lanka & the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers – by Gordon Weiss

Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s Hidden War – by Harrison Frances

Ethnic Strife and Conflict in Eelam, Sri Lanka – by De Zhong Gao

Other recommendations:

• States, Nations, Sovereignty: Sri Lanka, India and the Tamil Eelam Movement - by Sumantra Bose
  

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