by Nathacha Appanah · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782072764578
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«Tropique de la violence» is the novel by Nathacha Appanah, published by Folio in paperback (192 pages, in French).
On Mayotte, a French island in the Indian Ocean, children roam lawless. Moïse, taken in at birth by Marie, a nurse, joins Bruce, a gang leader driven by rage, in his teens, and ends up in the hell of the streets. Five destinies cross paths to show the everyday violence of that beautiful territory on the brink of chaos.
The work was published in May 2018; the ISBN-13 of this paperback edition is 9782072764578.
For readers of contemporary fiction and French literature, interested in narratives about marginality and violence in island settings.
Nathacha Devi Pathareddy Appanah is a Mauritian-French author. She spent most of her teenage years in Mauritius and also worked as a journalist/columnist at Le Mauricien and Week-End Scope before emigrating to France. She was a contributor to the poetry and news section during her tenure in the magazines.
