Tropic of violence : a novel
Appanah, Nathacha2020
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Marie, a nurse in Mayotte, a far-flung, tropical department of France in the Indian Ocean, adopts a baby abandoned at birth by his mother, a refugee from Comoros. She names him Moïse and raises him as her own and she avoids his increasing questions about his origins as he grows up. When Marie suddenly dies, thirteen-year-old Moïse is left completely alone, plunged into uncertainty and turmoil. In a state of panic, he runs away from home, and sets himself on a collision course with the gangs of Gaza, the largest and most infamous slum on the island. This novel is an exploration of lost youth on the French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Shining a powerful light on problems of violence, immigration, identity, deprivation and isolation on this island that became a French departement in 2011, this is a remarkable, unsettling new novel.
Main title:
Tropic of violence : a novel / Nathacha Appanah ; translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan.
Author:
Appanah, Nathacha, authorStrachan, Geoffrey, translator
Imprint:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2020.©2018
Collation:
160 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781644450246 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
372857
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | APPA | Available |