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The Subversion of Class and Gender Roles in the Novels of Lindsey Collen (1948-), Mauritian Social Activist and Writer BY FELICITY HAND Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, 2011. x + 206 pp. ISBN 978-0-7734-1428-0 cloth.
This is the first monograph to be devoted exclusively to Lindsey Collen's novels. It is therefore destined to become an indispensable resource for anyone interested in this respected writer as well as in the social, political, religious, and ethnic issues that make contemporary Mauritius an unusual democratic island nation of over 1.2 million multilingual inhabitants. This multilingualism is a vital component of Collen's creativity. Unfortunately, Felicity Hand seems either unwilling or unable to give full attention to questions of translation in a book that remains far too focused on English...