{"id":45897,"date":"2019-10-15T11:12:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=45897"},"modified":"2019-09-26T14:33:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T18:33:47","slug":"silence-of-the-chagos-by-shenaz-patel-translated-by-jeffrey-zuckerman-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/silence-of-the-chagos-by-shenaz-patel-translated-by-jeffrey-zuckerman-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45901\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Silence-of-the-Chagos-Shenaz-Patel-BookDragon-536x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Silence-of-the-Chagos-Shenaz-Patel-BookDragon-536x800.jpg 536w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Silence-of-the-Chagos-Shenaz-Patel-BookDragon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/>Forced expulsions have long been part of man\u2019s history, motivated by politics, prejudice, geography, human-made disasters, and natural forces. Virtually unknown is the full-scale eviction of the Chagossians, a Creole-speaking native ethnic group with African and Asian ancestry, from Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Indian Ocean\u2019s Chagos archipelago. Between 1967 and 1973, the British and U.S. governments systematically banished the inhabitants, mostly to Mauritius, and established the largest military base outside the U.S.\u00a0A half-century later, island sovereignty is still contested, while Chagossians remain barred from their homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Into this history, Mauritius-based journalist Shenaz Patel\u2019s first Anglophoned novel \u2013 enabled by award-winning translator Jeffrey Zuckerman \u2013 draws on real-life interviews with displaced Chagossians. The plot centers on Charlesia as she lands in Mauritius seeking medical help for her husband and is never allowed to return home. Decades later, she meets D\u00e9sir\u00e9, born enroute to Mauritius, who as a struggling young man is eager to learn about a place, culture, and legacy he should have inherited but has never experienced \u2013 nor possibly ever will: \u201cThey erased everything, denied everything,\u201d yet Patel writes wrongs, seeking overdue justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: modified from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Silence-of-the-Chagos-Shenaz-Patel\/pid=9723574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, October 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2019 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forced expulsions have long been part of man\u2019s history, motivated by politics, prejudice, geography, human-made disasters, and natural forces. 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