First published in France in 2013, The Living Days is the 12th novel by the Mauritian author Ananda Devi. Set in London, it tells of the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old black boy by a 75-year-old white ...

Four teenagers struggle with self-identity and sexuality against a backdrop of daily life in an impoverished suburb of the Mauritian capital of Port-Louis It’s fair to say that the UK book market is ...

In Ananda Devi's Eve Out of Her Ruins, a young woman's sexuality becomes her most valued currency and her most dangerous weapon in the slums of Mauritius. Her power infects her friends as they search ...

In this edition of culture, Ananda Devi a Mauritian author will talk about her last novel, a family tragedy: 'le sari vert'.A cruel and intense book. Then you will discover Natalie Imbruglia's newest ...

Ananda Devi, trans. from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman. Deep Vellum (Consortium, dist.), $14.95 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-941920-40-4 Behind the resort hotels and carefully manicured beaches of ...

Author Ananda Devi has been named the 28th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature. You must be logged in to rate. Click any rating to login.

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