The Maroons
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ISBN13:9781632063557
出版社:Restless Books
作者:Louis Timagène Houat
出版日:2024/02/20
裝訂:平裝
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Fr瘱e is a young Black man enslaved on R徼nion, a small island to the east of what is now Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Fr瘱e is forced into slavery at the Atelier Colonial, where the director rescues him to serve his children. As they grow up, Fr瘱e is returned to the Atelier, this time as a carpenter. Plagued by the memory of his childhood sweetheart, he finds Marie and decides to flee to the forest to live alongside the Maroons, enslaved people who have chosen freedom at the risk of their lives. While there, they meet resistance fighters demonstrating fraternity among races and interracial relations. The novel captures romance, violent episodes, and ideals of abolition at a time when freedom for enslaved persons remained an illusion.
The Maroons is the first-ever English translation of Les Marrons by Louis Timag鋝e Houat. Written with the express intent of raising public awareness about the abject conditions of slavery under the French empire, the book also attests to the widespread phenomenon of enslaved people escaping captivity to forge a new life for themselves outside the reach of so-called "civilization." While nineteenth-century literature of the Americas offers several examples of escape narratives, The Maroons represents a rare contribution to the genre set in the Indian Ocean. Banned by colonial authorities at the time of its publication in 1844, the book fell into obscurity for over a century, only to be rediscovered in the late 1970s by Reunionese researcher Raoul Lucas.
Since its reissue in 1988, the novel has been recognized for its extraordinary historical significance and high literary quality. Presented here in a sensitive translation by the young superstar of Mauritian literature, Aqiil Gopee, and with an informative introduction by Shenaz Patel, the Restless Books edition will serve as a valuable resource for rethinking the nineteenth-century canon as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in the struggle for freedom and social justice.
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