Silence of the Chagos - Paperback
by Shenaz Patel
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Availability:In StockContributor:Shenaz Patel, Jeffrey Zuckerman (Translator)Publish date:2019-11-05Pages:178
Language:EnglishPublisher:Restless BooksISBN-13:9781632062345ISBN-10:1632062348UPC:9781632062345Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Political, Literary, HistoricalSize:6.90 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCZTW95C65
Silence of the Chagos
Based on the true, still-unfolding story of the expelled Chagossians' fight for their homeland, Silence of the Chagos is a powerful exploration of cultural identity, the concept of home, and above all the neverending desire for justice.
Every afternoon a woman in a red headscarf walks to the end of the quay and looks out over the water, fixing her gaze "back there"--to Diego Garcia, one of the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Restless BooksISBN-13:9781632062345ISBN-10:1632062348UPC:9781632062345Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Political, Literary, HistoricalSize:6.90 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCZTW95C65
Shenaz Patel is a journalist and writer from the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. She is the author of several novels, plays, short stories, and children's books. She was an IWP (International Writers Program) Honorary Fellow in the U.S. in 2016, and was a fellow at the W. E. B Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center at Harvard University in 2018. Jeffrey Zuckerman is an...
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