PORTRAIT OF ISLAND ON FIRE
Ariel Saramandi
PORTRAIT OF ISLAND ON FIRE - 1 - London Fitzcarraldo Editions 2025 - 334
A deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in Portrait of an Island on Fire form a searing account of Mauritius at a crucial moment in its history.
Unceasing in its critiques of racist, patriarchal abuses of power, in its unpicking of the ills at the core of contemporary Mauritian society and their roots, the collection is a milestone in thinking about the lasting social and political effects of colonialism and how they play out at the level of government policy, the handling of environmental issues, in schools, in hospitals, in families, in language. For all its well-placed anger, Ariel Saramandi’s sparklingly intelligent and intimate debut is full of love and momentum – a push for a better future for Mauritius and, by extension, for the world.
9781804271612
Purchased Prism Books, Kadavanthra
Literature & rhetoric
Literature, rhetoric & criticism
History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
809 / ARI/PO
PORTRAIT OF ISLAND ON FIRE - 1 - London Fitzcarraldo Editions 2025 - 334
A deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in Portrait of an Island on Fire form a searing account of Mauritius at a crucial moment in its history.
Unceasing in its critiques of racist, patriarchal abuses of power, in its unpicking of the ills at the core of contemporary Mauritian society and their roots, the collection is a milestone in thinking about the lasting social and political effects of colonialism and how they play out at the level of government policy, the handling of environmental issues, in schools, in hospitals, in families, in language. For all its well-placed anger, Ariel Saramandi’s sparklingly intelligent and intimate debut is full of love and momentum – a push for a better future for Mauritius and, by extension, for the world.
9781804271612
Purchased Prism Books, Kadavanthra
Literature & rhetoric
Literature, rhetoric & criticism
History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
809 / ARI/PO