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Silence of the Chagos: A Novel

By Shenaz Patel, Jeffrey Zuckerman (Translator)
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By Shenaz Patel, Jeffrey Zuckerman (Translator)
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Based on the true, still-unfolding story of the expelled Chagossians’ fight for their homeland, Silence of the Chagos is a powerful exploration of cultural identity, the concept of home, and above all the neverending desire for justice.

Every afternoon a woman in a red headscarf walks to the end of the quay and looks out over the water, fixing her gaze “back there”—to Diego Garcia, one of the small islands forming the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. With no explanation, no forewarnin...

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