{"product_id":"portrait-of-an-island-on-fire-paperback","title":"Portrait of an Island on Fire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriel Saramandi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in \u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Island on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e form a searing account of Mauritius at a crucial moment in its history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnceasing in its critiques of racist, patriarchal abuses of power, in its unpicking of the ills at the core of contemporary Mauritian society and their roots, the collection is a milestone in thinking about the lasting social and political effects of colonialism and how they play out at the level of government policy, the handling of environmental issues, in schools, in hospitals, in families, in language. For all its well-placed anger, Ariel Saramandi's sparklingly intelligent and intimate debut is full of love and momentum - a push for a better future for Mauritius and, by extension, for the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAriel Saramandi is an Anglo-Mauritian writer living in Mauritius. Her fiction and essays have been published by \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She has reported on Mauritius for the likes of the BBC and NBC. Her work has been supported by the Tin House Winter Workshop 2023 and the Stinging Fly Summer School 2023. She is a member of the MMM's Commission de Développement Durable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.64 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335076790521,"sku":"9781804271612","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Pn3nqlP9mm9781804271612.webp?v=1769653636","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/portrait-of-an-island-on-fire-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}