![]() ![]() His faltering sense of identity means he is uniquely positioned to expose just how pervasive the poverty and violence sweeping across Mayotte have become. Moïse is a clever choice of central character to base this particular story around. ![]() Thirteen years later, Moïse finds himself orphaned for a second time when Marie dies abruptly, forcing him onto the dangerous streets that are ruled by gangs of fellow wayward children who have fallen through the cracks of this fractured society. When a young refugee from nearby Comoros abandons her baby, Marie takes him in and raises him as her own. Marie is a nurse working in Mayotte, a cluster of French territory islands in the Indian Ocean. This swift yet impactful novel set on the French islands of Mayotte weaves together multiple voices to paint a harrowing picture of the damage being done to children caught up in the refugee crisis. Tropic of Violence by Natacha Appanah, translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan ![]()
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