Remembering one woman’s courage
Review by OOI SI MUN
NO DRAM OF MERCY
By Sybil Kathigasu
Publisher: Prometheus Enterprise Sdn Bhd, 185 pages
(ISBN: 983-219-722-8)
Review by OOI SI MUN
NO DRAM OF MERCY
By Sybil Kathigasu
Publisher: Prometheus Enterprise Sdn Bhd, 185 pages
(ISBN: 983-219-722-8)
I WONDER how many people of my generation (I’m 39), or the next, know of Sybil Kathigasu? I certainly don’t recall learning about her in school or from my peers. Older relatives, in their re-telling of wartime suffering, did not mention her name.
Had I not picked up a reprint of her memoirs entitled No Dram of Mercy, I’d probably remain ignorant of Kathigasu, recipient of the George Medal, “the highest British civilian award for bravery”.
Read more here: http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/3/25/lifebookshelf/14273826&sec=lifebookshelf
(Shien Chii, I have this book. U don't have to buy it. And Clement, thanks for doing that little research on Sybil. Perhaps you can post it here for the record.)
3 comments:
"the experience of entire civilisation is lived through its individual"
there's actually a proper quote by someone else which escapes my mind now..~ish!
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