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03194aam a2200445 i 4500 001 91150EF6664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221117010035 008 201116t20212021enk 000 p eng d 020 $a 0857427857 020 $a 9780857427854 035 $a (OCoLC)1230526202 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d MNX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d UAB $d OCL $d OCLCO $d JNA $d IaU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 043 $a i-mf--- 050 4 $a PQ3989.2.K465 $b C3513 2021 082 04 $a 841.92 $2 23 100 0 $a Khal, $d 1956- $e author. 240 10 $a Cale d'etoiles. $l English 245 10 $a Cargo hold of stars : $b coolitude / $c Khal Torabully ; translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson. 264 1 $a London : $b Seagull Books, $c 2021. 300 $a xiii, 115 pages ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a The French list 500 $a Translated from the French. 500 $a "Originally published as Cale d'etoiles: Coolitude, 1992"--Title page verso. 505 0 $a Translator's foreword -- Pages from a ship's missing registry -- The book of metissage -- The book of the journey -- The book of departure -- A few words from the land of my birth -- Translator's notes. 520 $a "Cargo Hold of Stars is an ode to the forgotten voyage of a forgotten people. Khal Torabully gives voice to the millions of indentured men and women, mostly from India and China, who were brought to Mauritius between 1849 and 1923. Many were transported overseas to other European colonies. Kept in close quarters in the ship's cargo hold, many died. Most never returned home. With Cargo Hold of Stars, Torabully introduces the concept of 'Coolitude' in a way that echoes Aime Cesaire's term 'Negritude', imbuing the term with dignity and pride, as well as a strong and resilient cultural identity and language. Stating that ordinary language was not equipped to bring to life the diverse voices of indenture, Torabully has developed a 'poetics of Coolitude': a new French which is peppered with Mauritian Creole, wordplay and neologisms--and is always musical. The humour in these linguistic acrobatics serves to underscore the violence in which his poems are steeped. Deftly translated from the French by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Cargo Hold of Stars is the song of an uprooting, of the destruction and the reconstruction of the indentured labourer's identity. But it also celebrates setting down roots, as it conjures an ideal homeland of fraternity and reconciliation in which bodies, memories, stories and languages mingle--a compelling odyssey that ultimately defines the essence of humankind"--Back cover. 650 0 $a Contract labor $z Mauritius $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Indentured servants $z Mauritius $v Poetry. 651 0 $a Mauritius $v Poetry. 650 7 $a Contract labor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00876890 651 7 $a Mauritius. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205325 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423828 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Poesie. $2 rvmgf 700 1 $a Carlson, Nancy Naomi, $d 1949- $e translator. 830 0 $a French list. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024905.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=91150EF6664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search