Nathacha Appanah was born in Mauritius in 1973. She was brought up there and worked as a journalist before moving to France in 1998. The Last Brother, her first novel to be translated into English, was awarded the FNAC Fiction Prize in 2007 in its French edition. Her novel Tropic of Violence was winner of the Prix Femina des Lyceens in 2016, as well as seven other French literary awards.
Mi mente ha lavado a esos antepasados, les ha secado la cara, los ha peinado, los ha vestido con ropas limpias, los ha alejado de las bodegas de los barcos y de la perspectiva del trabajo diario en los cañaverales. Es una imagen casi limpia. Es una memoria deslavada.
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