Colonialism and Its Ghosts in Dennis Mombauer’s “The House of Drought” – Chicago Review of Books

Colonialism and Its Ghosts in Dennis Mombauer’s “The House of Drought” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The ghosts of Dennis Mombauer’s The House of Drought are many, as many as there are allegories. The established fact of extraction, the ritual of sacrifice, the deviance of the unknown—these are its themes. None of these beasts are as powerful as the global narrative that has already been spinning: the irreversibility of climate … Read more

Contemporary Colonialism in “Red Island House” – Chicago Review of Books

Contemporary Colonialism in “Red Island House” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] To believe colonialism is a relic of the past is as absurd as believing we live in a post-racial society. This is one of the lessons learned in Andrea Lee’s Red Island House, a novel set in the villages and on the beaches of Madagascar. Reading this book reminded me at times of the … Read more