This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War by Samanth Subramanian

This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War

Samanth Subramanian

336 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history dark emotional informative medium-paced

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In the summer of 2009, the leader of the dreaded Tamil Tiger guerrillas was killed, bringing to a bloody end the stubborn and complicated civil war in Sri Lanka. For nearly thirty years, the war's fingers had reached everywhere: into the bustle of...

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Moods

dark 88%
informative 88%
emotional 77%
reflective 77%
sad 77%
challenging 44%
tense 44%
adventurous 22%
mysterious 11%

Pace

medium 80%
slow 10%
fast 10%

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4.31

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