TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ariel Saramandi
TI  - PORTRAIT OF ISLAND ON FIRE
SN  - 9781804271612
U1  - 809 
PY  - 2025///
CY  - London
PB  - Fitzcarraldo Editions
KW  - Literature & rhetoric 
KW  - Literature, rhetoric & criticism
KW  - History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
N1  -  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

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