Mauritius

Books in this genre are set in or about Mauritius.

The Last Brother
Eve out of Her Ruins
Silent Winds, Dry Seas
Riambel
The Prospector
Silence of the Chagos
Zielone sari
An Impossible Return
The Rape of Sita
Tropique de la violence
Blue Bay Palace
Kaya Days
The Interrogation
Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia SamatarThe Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose UtomiSon of the Storm by Suyi Davies OkungbowaEverfair by Nisi ShawlBlood Scion by Deborah Falaye
Africa-Influenced Epic Fantasy
41 books — 11 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,100 books — 1,021 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerA Dry White Season by André BrinkThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaWe Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Southern Africa
266 books — 73 voters
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
72 books — 22 voters


Nigel Slater
“ There is a smell, rich and sickly sweet, so pungent I feel as if I am being choked. A smell that is both new and curiously familiar. Notes of the most intense jasmine with a back note of vanilla and overripe mango. The sea is too warm, and I cut short my night swim. As I pass through the garden, lanterns now glowing, the perfume has faded a little, it is less hypnotic, softer and more floral than before. Trumpets of deep-crimson hibiscus have closed for the night, chains of bougainvillea and a p ...more ”
― Nigel Slater, A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy… A Memoir of Sorts

“ Life teaches you loads of thing, in various ways but you only notice the difference when you feel you have achieved the best and a smile is on your face... ”
― Kushal Awatarsing

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