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Ananda Devi was born in 1957 in Trois-Boutiques, Mauritius, an
island notable for its confluence of diverse ethnic, cultural, and
linguistic identities. She studied ethnology and anthropology, and
completed a doctoral thesis at SOAS in London. After several years
in the Congo, she moved to Switzerland in 1989. She has published
eleven novels as well as short stories and poetry over her entire
career. Eve Out of Her Ruins, originally published by the
prestigious Gallimard publishing house in France in 2006, was an
enormous critical and popular success, winning the Prix des cinq
continents de la francophonie for the best novel of the year
written in French, previously won by such writers as Alain
Mabanckou and Mathias Enard. She was made a Chevalier des Arts et
des Lettres by the French Government in 2010. Her first novel in
English, Indian Tango, was published by Host Publications in 2011.
Devi has participated in numerous literary festivals in the US,
Europe, and India, and her works have been translated into numerous
languages.
Jeffrey Zuckerman is Digital Editor at Music & Literature magazine
and a translator from French. He has served on the 2016 jury for
the PEN Translation Prize, and his translation of Antoine
Volodine’s Radiant Terminus is forthcoming from Open Letter Books
in 2017. His writing and translations have appeared in Best
European Fiction, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Paris Review
Daily, the New Republic, and VICE.
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was born in 1940 in Nice, France, but
both parents had strong family connections with the former French
colony of Mauritius. He is president and long-standing member of
the prize jury for the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie
(awarded to Ananda Devi’s Eve Out of Her Ruins in 2006), and he was
awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008.
"One of Devi and Zuckerman's greatest triumphs in this book is that
each character has their own distinct rhythms, with power and
poetry drawn from the cadences of their speech... It could be a
manifesto for reading translated fiction, and this stunning short
novel is a perfect starting point." — Deborah Smith, The
Guardian
"The beauty of Devi's prose belies the horror of the world she
conjures up. This is a visceral portrait of violence rendered
honestly and gracefully." — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“Eve Out of Her Ruins is a spare, traumatic and enriching novel,
newly and superbly translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman... Her
characters emerge from the page with arresting immediacy and
startling vividness. This is a novel that can take you to
fathomless depths." — Matthew Adams, The National
“Zuckerman's translation is artful... While descriptive, the sparse
language adds to the sense of hopelessness and the scarcity in
which the characters live.” — Hannah Wise, Dallas Morning News
"The most vivid novel I’ve read in ages, magnificently translated
by Jeffrey Zuckerman. The gorgeous, profoundly poetic writing is
completely mesmerizing and viscerally affecting.” — Jennifer Croft,
BTBA 2017 Judge
"The desolate, poor, and often-violent lives of the island’s
inhabitants are exposed in the stark and lyrical prose of Ananda
Devi’s brief and revealing novel... Devi’s trenchant yet terse
prose perfectly captures the lives of these sad and forgotten
outcasts from this small island nation.” — Melissa Beck, World
Literature Today
“Through the distinct narratives of four young Mauritians, Ananda
Devi unfolds a kaleidoscope of elegiac poeticism and harrowing
immediacy, magically bestowing brilliance to the dark and violent
corners of their lives. Eve Out of her Ruins twists the reader’s
mind into a brutally honest and heartbreaking knot, which cannot be
undone.” — Jarrod Annis, Paul Lisicky, and Pia Padukone, Word
Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY)
“A remarkable book that is as much a call to action as it is a love
story, Devi beautifully juxtaposes the beauty and despair of the
island through her dreamy, ethereal prose, and the audacity of her
characters’ ambition.” — Laura Farmer, Cedar Rapids Gazette
“Everything about this book ought to be treasured. [Eve out of Her
Ruins] is gorgeous, emotional, and one of the most important books
I've ever read.” — The Storyscape
“The detailing of these lives is like dabs of paint on a
watercolour canvas which grows and spreads, hinting at incidents,
creating an atmosphere that hangs heavy.” — Sumitra Kannan, The
Deccan Herald
"Eve’s coping, her delicious revenge and small acts of goodness by
other characters give the translation a hopeful tone. Eve sidesteps
poverty and abuse — the true antagonists in the novel — and Devi’s
poetic writing provides portraits of characters who force their own
bodies into mattering." — Allison Cundiff, St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
"Devi’s succinct graphic sentences, which vividly evoke such
events, also convey sensual and even poetic imagery. Poetry remains
a permanent, if mostly remote horizon, a sort of reminder of
'something else' in the harsh world in which the characters must
survive." — John Taylor, Arts Fuse
“In this heartbreaking lightning-paced novel, Ananda Devi burns
down all of the colonialist stereotypes surrounding the island,
instead depicting a place that has been devastated by history and
anguish.” — Adam Hocker, Staff Pick at Albertine Books
"A story that stays with the reader long after it's read." —
Michael Barron, The Culture Trip
"a novel of conversations, emotions, aspirations, and setbacks...
This is a novel of haunting language with a powerful message about
gender and violence." — Terry Pitts, Vertigo
“Devi’s powerful novel has stuck with me weeks after finishing and
Zuckerman’s lively translation captures the intensity of the daily
struggle for life the teens face.” — Caitlin Baker, Seattle City
Literature
“Zuckerman’s translation is confident and accomplished, capturing
the marine clarity of the prose without losing any of its poetic
heat.” — Anjuli Raza Kolb, Bookforum
“[Eve’s] journey, harrowing and doomed as it may be, is described
with unforgettable poetry and power.” —Willard Manus, Lively
Arts
"This slim volume is such a harrowing experience, some may balk at
continuing once the fate of the titular Eve becomes clear... If one
of [translator Jeffrey Zuckerman's] key objectives was to retain
the spare poetry of her native prose, he has triumphed. For while
the events that take place against a stark backdrop of political
instability and social injustice are difficult to acknowledge, the
language of Eve Out of Her Ruins is irresistable." — Gary Kaill,
The Skinny
"Set in a poor section of Port-Louis, Mauritius, this prize-winning
novel is a poetic and intense exploration of young lives thrown
away by society. Told in four different voices and haunted by the
specter of Rimbaud, Devi explores, the violence, identity, and
dreams of young people living discarded lives. For fans of A Girl
is a Half-Formed Thing and Jean Genet." — Josh Cook, Porter Square
Books
“Heartbreaking and honest.” — The Wild Detectives bookstore,
Dallas
"The emblematic figurehead of Mauritian literature." — Le Monde
"One of the most gorgeous things I’ve read in a long time… the book
reads as a beautiful and complex chord whose disharmonies combine
into something shimmering and fragilely resonant.” — Sarah McCarry,
The Rejectionist
“With every page, I fall more in love with this book.” — Lissie
Jaquette
"Turning her back on the illusion of eternal youth, Devi focuses
unflinchingly on that tipping point in life that only women can
understand, since where sex is concerned men and women must forever
remain "mutually unintelligible." Yes, here is a truly great
writer, since when we finish Devi's book we are unlikely to know
what has motivated her to write such a story, such a cry of
protest. But its music, its powerful grip on the reader...give us a
glimpse inside the cave where once a love-struck monk, under the
spell of the dark angel of the imagination, succeeded in creating
the miracle all artists dream of, reshaping reality according to
his desires." — J.M.G. Le Clézio, Le Novel Observateur
“What I enjoyed most was swimming in their words. Even in
translation, Ms. Devi has a way with language.” — James B Chester,
James Reads Books
"Devi writes about terrible and bitter events with a soft, delicate
voice." — Le Figaro
"One of the major literary voices of the Indian Ocean." — PEN
American Centre
"The work of Ananda Devi is both tragic and poetic. Haunted by the
issues of exclusion, of otherness, deviance and suffering, it
denounces the stifling climate of a society...it stands against any
form of rejection and offers a genuine commitment...for the
recognition of otherness." — Véronique Braggart
“Everything about this book ought to be treasured...gorgeous,
emotional, and one of the most important books I've ever read.” —
The Storyscape
What I enjoyed most was swimming in their words. Even in
translation, Ms. Devi has a way with language.” — James Reads Books
(blog)
"This novel brings to us the lives of those who are rarely seen,
the outcasts and the desperate. The prose is beautiful and stark,
shifting with ease from one voice to another. There are some tender
moments, but these are drowned or disfigured by the chaos of
everyday life.” — Amouse Douche blog
“Eve Out of Her Ruins has much that is forceful and true, and it
dares to tread where we often don’t want to – the traumatic
intersection of desire, violence, power, poverty and shame.” —
Durba Chattaraj, Scroll.in
"One of Devi and Zuckerman's greatest triumphs in this book is that
each character has their own distinct rhythms, with power and
poetry drawn from the cadences of their speech... It could be a
manifesto for reading translated fiction, and this stunning short
novel is a perfect starting point." Deborah Smith, The
Guardian
"The beauty of Devi's prose belies the horror of the world she
conjures up. This is a visceral portrait of violence rendered
honestly and gracefully." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Eve Out of Her Ruins is a spare, traumatic and enriching novel,
newly and superbly translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman... Her
characters emerge from the page with arresting immediacy and
startling vividness. This is a novel that can take you to
fathomless depths." Matthew Adams, The National
Zuckerman's translation is artful... While descriptive, the sparse
language adds to the sense of hopelessness and the scarcity in
which the characters live.” Hannah Wise, Dallas Morning News
"The most vivid novel I’ve read in ages, magnificently translated
by Jeffrey Zuckerman. The gorgeous, profoundly poetic writing is
completely mesmerizing and viscerally affecting.” Jennifer Croft,
BTBA 2017 Judge
"The desolate, poor, and often-violent lives of the island’s
inhabitants are exposed in the stark and lyrical prose of Ananda
Devi’s brief and revealing novel... Devi’s trenchant yet terse
prose perfectly captures the lives of these sad and forgotten
outcasts from this small island nation.” Melissa Beck, World
Literature Today
A remarkable book that is as much a call to action as it is a love
story, Devi beautifully juxtaposes the beauty and despair of the
island through her dreamy, ethereal prose, and the audacity of her
characters’ ambition.” Laura Farmer, Cedar Rapids Gazette
"Eve’s coping, her delicious revenge and small acts of goodness by
other characters give the translation a hopeful tone. Eve sidesteps
poverty and abuse the true antagonists in the novel and Devi’s
poetic writing provides portraits of characters who force their own
bodies into mattering." Allison Cundiff, St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
In this heartbreaking lightning-paced novel, Ananda Devi burns
down all of the colonialist stereotypes surrounding the island,
instead depicting a place that has been devastated by history and
anguish.” Adam Hocker, Staff Pick at Albertine Books
"A story that stays with the reader long after it's read."
Michael Barron, The Culture Trip
"a novel of conversations, emotions, aspirations, and setbacks...
This is a novel of haunting language with a powerful message about
gender and violence." Terry Pitts, Vertigo
Devi’s powerful novel has stuck with me weeks after finishing and
Zuckerman’s lively translation captures the intensity of the daily
struggle for life the teens face.” Caitlin Baker, Seattle City
Literature
Zuckerman’s translation is confident and accomplished, capturing
the marine clarity of the prose without losing any of its poetic
heat.” Anjuli Raza Kolb, Bookforum
[Eve’s] journey, harrowing and doomed as it may be, is described
with unforgettable poetry and power.” Willard Manus, Lively
Arts
"This slim volume is such a harrowing experience, some may balk at
continuing once the fate of the titular Eve becomes clear... If one
of [translator Jeffrey Zuckerman's] key objectives was to retain
the spare poetry of her native prose, he has triumphed. For while
the events that take place against a stark backdrop of political
instability and social injustice are difficult to acknowledge, the
language of Eve Out of Her Ruins is irresistable." Gary Kaill,
The Skinny
"Set in a poor section of Port-Louis, Mauritius, this prize-winning
novel is a poetic and intense exploration of young lives thrown
away by society. Told in four different voices and haunted by the
specter of Rimbaud, Devi explores, the violence, identity, and
dreams of young people living discarded lives. For fans of A Girl
is a Half-Formed Thing and Jean Genet." Josh Cook, Porter Square
Books
Heartbreaking and honest.” The Wild Detectives bookstore,
Dallas
"The emblematic figurehead of Mauritian literature." Le Monde
"One of the most gorgeous things I’ve read in a long time
the book
reads as a beautiful and complex chord whose disharmonies combine
into something shimmering and fragilely resonant.” Sarah McCarry,
The Rejectionist
With every page, I fall more in love with this book.” Lissie
Jaquette
"Turning her back on the illusion of eternal youth, Devi focuses
unflinchingly on that tipping point in life that only women can
understand, since where sex is concerned men and women must forever
remain "mutually unintelligible." Yes, here is a truly great
writer, since when we finish Devi's book we are unlikely to know
what has motivated her to write such a story, such a cry of
protest. But its music, its powerful grip on the reader...give us a
glimpse inside the cave where once a love-struck monk, under the
spell of the dark angel of the imagination, succeeded in creating
the miracle all artists dream of, reshaping reality according to
his desires." J.M.G. Le Clézio, Le Novel Observateur
"Devi writes about terrible and bitter events with a soft, delicate
voice." Le Figaro
"One of the major literary voices of the Indian Ocean." PEN
American Centre
"The work of Ananda Devi is both tragic and poetic. Haunted by the
issues of exclusion, of otherness, deviance and suffering, it
denounces the stifling climate of a society...it stands against any
form of rejection and offers a genuine commitment...for the
recognition of otherness." Véronique Braggart
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