There's a monster behind the door
Bélem, Gaëlle, 1984-2024
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In 1980s' Réunion, monsters lurk beneath the surface of vibrant island life, ready to pounce at the slightest disturbance. Here, the naïve Dessaintes couple make a failing bid for happiness, soon growing jaded and bitter as the orange tree in their front yard. Even so, sprouting defiantly through the cracks of this postcolonial legacy of violence, poverty and intergenerational trauma, the Dessaintes' daughter shows an irrepressible zest for life. Amidst the chaos raging behind and beyond the door of her childhood home, our young narrator stubbornly resists her parents' refrain, 'that's the way it is and that's that!'
Main title:
There's a monster behind the door / Gaëlle Bélem ; translated by Karen Fleetwood & Laëtitia Saint-Loubert.
Author:
Bélem, Gaëlle, 1984-, authorFleetwood, Karen, translatorSaint-Loubert, Laëtitia, 1983-, translator
Imprint:
Sligo, Ireland : Bullaun Press, 2024.
Collation:
vii, 164 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781739842369 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.92
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
3852190