Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi

Eve Out of Her Ruins

Ananda Devi

Told by four teenagers, especially Eve, growing up in a shantytown in Mauritius, this is nothing less than a beautifully written, complete tragedy in which the power of love proves ultimately powerless. Perhaps most frighteningly, despite the violent deeds, there are no real villains. Beyond thought- provoking.

Extract
... we the children of Troumaron don't care about religion, race, color, caste, everything that divides all the other guys on this shitty island, we the children of Troumaron, we're a single community, and it's a universal one, this community of the poor and the lost and that, believe me, is the only identity that counts .... There's no way out.
Parallels
  • God Loves Haiti by Dmitri Elias Leger
  • Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote by Ahmadou Kourama
  • West Side Story - the musical
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Violence
Explicit sexual Content