Red Moon at DawnIn Red Moon At Dawn, the shadow of empire stretches long over Mauritius. As World War II rages elsewhere, islanders face their own, related battle: a workers strike met with lethal colonial force. Framed through the voices of the spirited Valerie, a teenage activist, and quiet Anarka, a girl whose family labours under the harsh conditions of the sugar estate, and both coming of age under occupation, Red Moon At Dawn reveals the emotional cost of

and a Congolese girl who became a mother too young

The narrator of this novel is a Norwegian writer living in Milan

full of characters who will suffer for their modern sins

maze-like consciousness

Jack believes he's shining a light on all that might be hidden

as the evening drags on

Is the literary establishment still as dominated by men as it once was

“Leah Fritz’s poetry is always enjoyable for its intelligence

philosophical and obscene

who learns from her new husband what it takes to kill a man

Homography: mapping multiple perspectives of a single subject

and there are moments when he moves towards an atavistic identification with the lives of untamed creatures"