Books set in Mauritius (17)
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A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor EN
EnglandDescription:
The second book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don’t call it “time travel”—these historians “investigate major historical events in contemporary time.” And they aren’t your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets. The Chronicles of St. Mary’s tells the chaotic adventures of ... continue
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Blue Bay Palace by Nathacha Appanah-Mouriquand EN
MauritiusDescription:
Exposing the extremes of life in a developing country, this novel of doomed love shows how poverty, class divisions, and ramshackle housing become even harder to bear when luxurious resorts and rich tourists arrive on the scene. Growing up on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, lonely young Maya hopes that someday she might escape her poverty and find happiness in the desirable housing developments near the new hotels. When she falls in love with a man from a well-to-do family, she believes that her dream is within reach, but her hopes are shattered when her lover is too weak to defy... continue
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Die Stille von Chagos by Shenaz Patel DE
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While Charlesia longs for her homeland of Diego Garcia, Désiré, the young man who might be her son, begins to uncover the secrets of his parents and their past. This novel tells the story of the Chagossians, their deportation, and their uprooted lives in Mauritius since Diego Garcia became an American military base.
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El cielo sobre el tejado by Nathacha Appanah ES
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Flavie Philipon, Elle Lobo tiene diecisiete años y está siendo trasladado en un furgón de policía a un centro penitenciario para menores por haber provocado un accidente de tráfico: cogió el coche de su madre y condujo durante horas sin tener carnet para reencontrarse con Paloma, su hermana mayor, a la que hace más de diez años que no ve. Cuando se aproximaba a su destino, Lobo se puso nervioso, entró por una calle de sentido contrario y chocó contra otro coche, hiriendo a dos personas. El relato emotivo de ese proyecto de r... continue
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Ève de entre sus escombros by Ananda Devy ES
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Esta novela narra la vida de cuatro adolescentes en un barrio marginal de la periferia de Port Louis, en la isla de Mauricio, que toman la palabra de manera alterna para mostrar diferentes tipos de violencia, especialmente contra el cuerpo femenino.
Ève es una adolescente que se prostituye sin una razón clara, en torno a la cual giran Savita, amiga íntima y pilar de su vida, Sadiq, poeta aficionado enamorado de ella, y Clélio, amigo de este, un oasis de conciencia social en medio de la alienación general. Los cuatro amigos se muestran crueles pero inconscien... continue
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Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi EN
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Two girls: Eve, whose body is her only weapon and source of power; Savita, Eve's best friend and the only one who loves her selflessly, planning to leave, but not without Eve. Two boys: Saadiq, gifted would-be poet, deeply in love with Eve; Clelio, the neighbourhood tough, waiting without hope for his brother to send for him from France. All are desperate to escape the cycle of fear and violence in which they are trapped.
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"Set in Mauritius during the uprising following the death of the Mauritian musician Kaya, Kaya Days tells the story of a young woman's daylong search for her younger brother who has gone missing"--
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La cuarentena by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio ES
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Corre el año 1872 cuando en una taberna parisiense irrumpe desafiante el poeta Arthur Rimbaud y amenaza a la clientela. Diecinueve años después, Jacques Archambau, un joven médico que de niño asistió atónito a la tormentosa escena y que ignora cuán ligado se halla su destino al del célebre poeta, embarca en el Ava con su esposa Suzanne y su hermano Léon rumbo a la isla Mauricio, su tierra natal. Allí les espera el gran clan familiar que antaño expulsara al padre de Jacques y Léon. Sin embargo, tras declararse dos casos de cólera en el barco, los pasajeros -un puñado de europeos y multitud de i... continue
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Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams EN
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New York Times bestselling author Douglas Adams and zoologist Mark Carwardine take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures. Join them as they encounter the animal kingdom in its stunning beauty, astonishing variety, and imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but loveable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, the white rhinos of Zaire, the rare birds of Mauritius island in the Indian Ocean. Hilarious and poignant—as only Douglas Adams can be—Last Chance to See is an entertaining and arresting odyssey through the Earth’s magn... continue