Reviews of Relative merits: a personal memoir of the Bandaranaike family of Sri Lanka, 1986-87

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Series 2

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Gooneratne's family were one of the ruling families in colonial and post-colonial Sri Lanka. The family included two former Prime Ministers. The family history Relative merits : a personal memoir of the Bandaranaike family of Sri Lanka is based on interviews with family members and on Gooneratne's memories of life in Ceylon. This series contains reviews by Anne Abayasekara (Lanka Woman), Horace Bent (The Bookseller), Alfreda de Silva (Sunday Observer), Khema de Silva (Sun), Lakshmie de Silva (CRNLE Reviews Journal), Gareth Griffiths (Forum), Donald L. Horowitz (The New Republic), Manique Karunaratne (The Island), Nihara Krause (Sri Lankans), Doireann Mac Dermott (University of Barcelona), Bruce Mc Leod (Sunday Guardian), Susan Moore (Quadrant), Elizabeth Nissan (TLS), Anders Sjöbohm (Sydasien) (in Swedish and English), Hugh Tinker (British Book News), Steven R. Weisman (New York Times Book Review) Rajiva Wijesinha (Ceylon Observer), A. J. Wilson (South Asia and Macquarie University News), Dennis Wright (Asiaweek) Alistair Niven (Commonwealth Today) Andrew Peek (Books and Writing) and Meenakshi Mukherjee (Express Magazine). Also articles by Ric Throssell and John F. Riddick and a feature article in Asiaweek on 'Being Asian in Australia'.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gooneratne donated her papers to the National Library of Australia on 23 December 1996 under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme.

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