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BEYOND THE RICE FIELDS
Naivoharisoa Patrick Ramamonjisoa
The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo's magisterial Beyond the Rice Fields delves into the upheavals of the nation's past as it confronted Christianity and modernity, through the twin narratives of a slave and his master's daughter.
Fara and her father's slave, Tsito, have been close since her father bought the boy after his forest village was destroyed. Now in Sahasoa, amongst the cattle and rice fields, everything is new for Tsito, and Fara at last has a companion. But as Tsito looks forward to the bright promise of freedom and Fara, backward to a dark, long-denied family history, a rift opens between them just as British Christian missionaries and French industrialists arrive and violence erupts across the country. Love and innocence fall away, and Tsito and Fara's world becomes enveloped by tyranny, superstition, and fear.
With captivating lyricism, propulsive urgency, and two unforgettable characters at the story's core, Naivo unflinchingly delves into the brutal history of nineteenth-century Madagascar. Beyond the Rice Fields is a tour de force that has much to teach us about human bondage and the stories we tell to faceand hide fromourselves, each other, our pasts, and our destinies.
Naivoharisoa Patrick Ramamonjisoa, who goes by the pen name Naivo, has worked as a journalist in his home country of Madagascar and as a teacher in Paris. His first novel, Beyond the Rice Fields, was published in its French original version in March 2012 by Éditions Sépia in Paris
THE FIRST-EVER TRANSLATION OF A NOVEL FROM MADAGASCAR INTO ENGLISH
THE WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION FUND GRANT
AN IMPECCABLY RESEARCHED HISTORICAL NOVEL WITH A POSTCOLONIAL LENS
AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT SLAVERY
AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP ACROSS SOCIAL DIVIDES, A LA THE KITE RUNNER
With captivating lyricism, propulsive urgency, and two unforgettable characters at the story's core, Naivo unflinchingly delves into the brutal history of nineteenth-century Madagascar. Beyond the Rice Fields is a tour de force that has much to teach us about human bondage and the stories we tell to faceand hide fromourselves, each other, our pasts, and our destinies.
Naivoharisoa Patrick Ramamonjisoa, who goes by the pen name Naivo, has worked as a journalist in his home country of Madagascar and as a teacher in Paris. His first novel, Beyond the Rice Fields, was published in its French original version in March 2012 by Éditions Sépia in Paris
THE FIRST-EVER TRANSLATION OF A NOVEL FROM MADAGASCAR INTO ENGLISH
THE WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION FUND GRANT
AN IMPECCABLY RESEARCHED HISTORICAL NOVEL WITH A POSTCOLONIAL LENS
AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT SLAVERY
AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP ACROSS SOCIAL DIVIDES, A LA THE KITE RUNNER
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