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Nathacha Appanah

Born

in Mahébourg, Mauritius

May 24, 1973

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See also: Nathacha Appanah-Mouriquand

Nathacha Devi Pathareddy Appanah is a Mauritian-French author. She comes from a traditional Indian family.

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.

Since 1998, Nathacha Appanah is well-known as an active writer. Her first book Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or (published by Éditions Gallimard) received the " Prix du Livre RFO". The book was based on the arrival of Indian immigrants in Mauritius.

She also wrote two other books Blue Bay Palace and La Noce d'Anna which also received some prizes for best book in some regional festivals in France.

In 2007, she released her fourth book " Le Dernier Frère " Ed ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 6,092 ratings · 963 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah, Geoffrey Strachan (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 1,885 ratings — published 2007 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tropique de la violence 4.01 avg rating — 1,640 ratings — published 2016 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le ciel par-dessus le toit 3.46 avg rating — 795 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rien ne t'appartient 3.80 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La nuit au coeur 4.49 avg rating — 315 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La mémoire délavée 4.08 avg rating — 271 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting for Tomorrow by Nathacha Appanah, Geoffrey Strachan (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La noce d'Anna 3.71 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les rochers de Poudre d'Or 3.96 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Bay Palace by Nathacha Appanah, Alexandra Stanton (Translator) 3.58 avg rating — 118 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Jamais ma grand-mère ne se séparait de moi sans me donner quelque chose, un bonbon, une pièce de monnaie, un fruit, une cuillerée de son repas, une gorgée de son thé, un bout de son pain.”
― Nathacha Appanah, Petit éloge des fantômes

tags: family, grandmother, grandparents, love

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“You say you are an orpahn, or a widow or a widower, but when you have lost two sons on the same day, two brothers on the same day, what are you? What word is there to say what you have become?”
― Nathacha Appanah, The Last Brother

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“Se pourrait-il que, pendant que nous regardons ailleurs, le cœur lance ses lianes et continue à s'attacher, à aimer, à se languir ?”
― Nathacha Appanah, Rien ne t'appartient

tags: love

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Which book from Eastern Africa in French would you like to read in Nov/Dec 2021?

Les rochers de Poudre d'Or by Nathacha Appanah

3 votes, 50.0%

Rivage de la colère by Caroline Laurent

2 votes, 33.3%

Pourquoi tu danses quand tu marches ? by Abdourahman A. Waberi

1 vote, 16.7%

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