by Lindsey Collen (Author)
Banned by the Mauritius Government when first published, this novel, narrated in lyrical tones, won the 1994 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the best novel from Africa. Sita struggles to remember her own history and her own rape, which comes to symbolize all rapes, all violations, all colonizations.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Minerva
Published: 29 Jan 1996
ISBN 10: 0749395486
ISBN 13: 9780749395483