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020			_a9781804271612
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_a809 _bARI/PO
100			_aAriel Saramandi
245			_aPORTRAIT OF ISLAND ON FIRE
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260			_aLondon _bFitzcarraldo Editions _c2025
300			_g334
500			_a 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.
650			_aLiterature & rhetoric
650			_aLiterature, rhetoric & criticism
650			_aHistory, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
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