There's a Monster Behind the Door

Raised in a household of monsters - human and make-believe, during the 1980s on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, the narrator takes refuge in the pages of books. This darkly humorous yet poignant account chronicles the journey of a resilient young woman battling to write her own story, in a community struggling with its colonial past.

Crescuta intr-o casa de monstri - umani si imaginari, in anii 1980 pe insula Reunion din Oceanul Indian, naratoarea se refugiaza in paginile cartilor. Aceasta relatare cu umor negru, dar emotionanta, relateaza calatoria unei tinere femei rezistente care se lupta sa-si scrie propria poveste, intr-o comunitate care se lupta cu trecutul sau colonial.